A Short Proof of Cass' Theorem on Capital Overaccumulation.

Abstract

The theorem of the title asserts that under suitable assumptions a program of capital accumulation is inefficient if and only if the corresponding price sequence (p sub t) satisfies the summation from t=0 to infinity of (1/p sub t) < infinity. The authors present a short proof of this fact generalized to the case where the production function may vary from one period to the next. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0779871

Entities

People

  • David Gale
  • Lawrence Benveniste

Organizations

  • University of California, Berkeley

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Production
  • Sequences

Fields of Study

  • Economics

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