2004•2004 43rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) (IEEE Cat. No.04CH37601)Requires access

On the optimal balance between consumption and investment

Wendell H. Fleming, Daniel Hernández–Hernández

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In this paper we are concerned with the tradeoff between long term growth of the expected utility of wealth and consumption. The goal is to find a consumption policy for which the optimal rate of capital growth is zero, i.e. a policy for which balance between consumption and investment is reached.

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In this paper we are concerned with the tradeoff between long term growth of the expected utility of wealth and consumption. The goal is to find a consumption policy for which the optimal rate of capital growth is zero, i.e. a policy for which balance between consumption and investment is reached.

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In this paper we are concerned with the tradeoff between long term growth of the expected utility of wealth and consumption. The goal is to find a consumption policy for which the optimal rate of capital growth is zero, i.e. a policy for which balance between consumption and investment is reached.

Key concepts: Consumption (sociology), Balance (ability), Investment (military), Economics, Capital (architecture), Microeconomics, Econometrics, Monetary economics

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