Economic Dynamics: Theory, Games and Empirical Studies -- Contents -- Preface -- Transitional Dynamics and Welfare Effects of the Public Investment/Output Ratio -- Abstract -- 1.Introduction -- 2.The Environment -- 3.The Equilibrium, the Calibration, the Simulation and the Government Problem -- 4.The Public Investment Policy under Alternative Tax Scenarios -- 5.Sensitivity Analysis -- 6.Conclusions -- 7.Appendix: Solving the Dynamics -- References -- Levy Processes and Option Pricing by Recursive Quadature -- Abstract -- 1.Introduction -- 2.The Levy Market Model for Discrete Monitoring Path De-pendent Options -- 3.An Hybrid Quadrature Based Numerical Method -- 4.Numerical Experiments -- 5.Conclusions -- Appendix. Error Analysis. -- References -- Labor Market Imperfections and Endogenous Business Cycles -- Abstract -- Introduction -- The Model -- The Full Employment Case -- The Model with Sticky Wages: The Basic Equations -- The Steady State -- The Unstability of the Stationary Solution -- Conclusions -- Appendix 1: Derivation of Equation (16). -- Appendix 2: Proof of Proposition I -- Appendix III: Proof of Proposition II -- References -- Analyzing Economic Policy Using High Order Perturbations -- Abstract -- 1.Introduction -- 2.The Ramsey Optimal Growth Model with Capital Taxation -- 3.The Method of General Perturbations -- 4. Applying the Method of General Perturbations to a Permanent Change in the Rate of Capital Taxation -- 5.Welfare Calculations -- 6.Conclusion -- Appendix -- Invariance in Economic Dynamics and the Sustainable Development Issue -- Abstract -- Introduction: Sustainable Development Issue and Economic Dynamics -- 2.Neoclassical Growth Theory and the Environment -- 3.Invariance and Sustainability -- 4.Discussion -- 5.Conclusion -- References.

Endogenous Capital Utilization and Depreciation under Capital Maintenance in the AK Growth Model -- Abstract -- 1.Introduction -- 2.The Economy -- 3.The Optimization Problem -- 4.The Dynamic System and the Closed-Form Solution -- 5.Balanced Growth Path and Comparative Statics -- 6.Conclusion -- 7.Appendix -- References -- Social Status, the Spirit of Capitalism, and the Term Structure of Interest Rates in Stochastic Production Economies -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Model -- 3. An Explicit Solution -- 4. Comparative Static Analysis -- 5. Equilibrium Interest Rates -- Untitled -- 7. Conclusion -- Appendix A: The Steady-State Distribution for a Diffusion Process -- Appendix B: The Case of Non-separable Utility Function -- References -- On the Investment-Uncertainty Relationship -- Abstract -- 1.Introduction -- 2.The Model -- 3.Solution to the Model -- 4.The Trigger-Uncertainty Relationship -- 5.The Investment-Uncertainty Relationship -- 6.Conclusion -- References -- Realized Volatility and Correlation Estimators under Non-Gaussian Microstructure Noise -- Abstract -- 1.Introduction -- 2.Realized Power Volatility and Correlation -- 3.Self-similar Processes -- 4.Behavior on Finite Samples: Simulation Experiments -- 5.Empirical Behaviors of the Estimators -- 6.Conclusion and Discussion -- References -- Why Increased Knowledge Does not Necessarily Improve Trading Success: A Monte-Carlo Simulation -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Market Model -- 3. Monte-Carlo Simulation -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- Index.