The author explains how optimal-control problems can be solved with a common spreadsheet such as Microsoft Excel. He illustrates the method with several examples ranging from simple models to quite advanced topics. The method is intended to be beneficial to students and teachers working with...

The paper is concerned with linear bilevel problems. These nonconvex problems are known to be NP-complete. So, no theoretically efficient method for solving the global bilevel problem can be expected. In this paper we give a genericity analysis of linear bilevel problems and present a new...

The paper is concerned with linear bilevel problems. These nonconvex problems are known to be NP-complete. So, no theoretically efficient method for solving the global bilevel problem can be expected. In this paper we give a genericity analysis of linear bilevel problems and present a new...

We characterize the balanced growth path of the basic neoclassical growth economy using standard, almost linear numerical solution methods, as well as the parameterized expectations approach, which preserves the nonlinearity in the model. We also apply the same methods after adding indivisible...

The paper is concerned with linear bilevel problems. These nonconvex problems are known to be NP-complete. So, no theoretically efficient method for solving the global bilevel problem can be expected. In this paper we give a genericity analysis of linear bilevel problems and present a new...

This paper discusses how numerical techniques may be used to solve the simultaneous functional equations that arise in general dynamic stochastic games. Unlike the conventional linear-quadratic approach, our methods may be used to address general model specifications that may include...

The paper deals with the application of Minimum Weighted Residual Methods (MWR) in intertemporal optimizing models of endogenous economic growth. In the 1st part of the paper the basics of the MWR method are described. Attention is mainly concentrated on one special class of MWR methods: the...

This paper investigates private-value `reserve price' auctions when there is a strong bidder in an n-bidder model. Consider an auction model, in which bidders draw their values from the same distribution, but then identity of the high-value bidder is revealed. This can be more plausible than the...