Developments of Control Theory for Economic Analysis (Hardcover, 1987)

I: Introduction to Control Theory: Methods and Algorithms.- 1. Developments of Control Theory in Macroeconomics.- 2. Linear Controllability: Results and Open Questions.- 3. A System Theoretic Approach to the Theory of Economic Policy.- 4. Software for Economic Optimal Control Models.- II: Recent Developments of Control Theory: Objective Function Specification.- 5. Interactive Vector Optimization as a Complement to Optimal Control in Econometric Decision Models.- 6. Risk Reduction and the Robustness of Economic Policies.- 7. Optimal Economic Policies under a Crawling-Peg Exchange.- 8. Some Remarks on Forward Programming.- 9. Utility and Uncertainty in Intertemporal Choice.- 10. Gradient Methods for FIML Estimation of Econometric Models.- III: Recent Developments of Control Theory: A Game Theoretic Approach.- 11. Methods for the Simultaneous Use of Multiple Models in Optimal Policy Design.- 12. Optimal Policy Design in Interdependent Economies.- 13. Hierarchical Games for Macroeconomic Policy Analysis.- 14. A Dynamic and Stochastic Model of Price Leadership.- 15. Quality and Reputation Policies of Duopolists under Asymmetric Information.- IV: Economic and Econometric Analysis By Control Methods.- 16. A System Approach to Insurance Company Management.- 17. Capital Theoretics, Business Cycles and Feedback Policy: An Experiment in Macroeconomic Control.- 18. Exogeneity and Control.