01/10/1987
Optimal Consumption Plans with Uncertain Planning Periods
Lahiri Somdeb
Working Papers
In this paper we study the one sector optimal growth model with uncertain planning horizons. We prove the non-existence of steady states, and the dependence of optimal capital stock at time 't' on the conditional probability of a 't' period planning horizon given that the planning process does not terminate before time 't'. We illustrate our results using a consumption optimal growth model and Cobb-Douglas technology.