From 01d179e2709a931084ea690eb98bb20d183e149f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Longye Tian <133612246+longye-tian@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2024 08:58:52 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] [olg] update on Euler EQ and Log (#503) Dear John @jstac , I updated the olg.md lecture according to #434. This pull request deals with the last two suggestions in #434. Best, Longye --- lectures/olg.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/lectures/olg.md b/lectures/olg.md index 68e4b6c6..6530e1be 100644 --- a/lectures/olg.md +++ b/lectures/olg.md @@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ The first-order condition for a maximum can be obtained by plugging $c_{t+1}$ into the objective function, taking the derivative with respect to $c_t$, and setting it to zero. -This leads to the **Euler equation** of the OLG model, which is +This leads to the **Euler equation** of the OLG model, which describes the optimal intertemporal consumption dynamics: ```{math} :label: euler_1_olg @@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ The interest rate reflects the marginal product of capital, which is high when c Previously, in our examples, we looked at the case of log utility. -Log utility is a rather special case. +Log utility is a rather special case of CRRA utility with $\gamma \to 1$. In this section, we are going to assume that $u(c) = \frac{ c^{1- \gamma}-1}{1-\gamma}$, where $\gamma >0, \gamma\neq 1$.