Seminars in Economics

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Seminars in Economics Jaap Abbring (Tilburg University)

"Simple Markov-Perfect Industry Dynamics" Abstract This paper develops a tractable model for the computational and empirical analysis of infinite-horizon oligopoly dynamics. It features aggregate demand uncertainty, sunk entry costs, stochastic idiosyncratic technological progress, and irreversible exit. We develop an algorithm for computing a symmetric Markov-perfect equilibrium quickly by finding the fixed points to a finite…