Skip to content

Commit dc1b26d

Browse files
[lq control] fixed titles and headings
1 parent cf57cac commit dc1b26d

File tree

1 file changed

+13
-13
lines changed

1 file changed

+13
-13
lines changed

lectures/lqcontrol.md

Lines changed: 13 additions & 13 deletions
Original file line numberDiff line numberDiff line change
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ The "linear" part of LQ is a linear law of motion for the state, while the "quad
8181

8282
Let's begin with the former, move on to the latter, and then put them together into an optimization problem.
8383

84-
### The Law of Motion
84+
### The law of motion
8585

8686
Let $x_t$ be a vector describing the state of some economic system.
8787

@@ -292,14 +292,14 @@ $$
292292

293293
Under this specification, the household's current loss is the squared deviation of consumption from the ideal level $\bar c$.
294294

295-
## Optimality -- Finite Horizon
295+
## Optimality -- finite horizon
296296

297297
```{index} single: LQ Control; Optimality (Finite Horizon)
298298
```
299299

300300
Let's now be precise about the optimization problem we wish to consider, and look at how to solve it.
301301

302-
### The Objective
302+
### The objective
303303

304304
We will begin with the finite horizon case, with terminal time $T \in \mathbb N$.
305305

@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ are wrapped in a class called `LQ`, which includes
573573
* `compute_sequence` ---- simulates the dynamics of $x_t, u_t, w_t$ given $x_0$ and assuming standard normal shocks
574574

575575
(lq_mfpa)=
576-
### An Application
576+
### An application
577577

578578
Early Keynesian models assumed that households have a constant marginal
579579
propensity to consume from current income.
@@ -773,11 +773,11 @@ of assets in the middle periods to fund rising consumption.
773773

774774
However, the essential features are the same: consumption is smooth relative to income, and assets are strongly positively correlated with cumulative unanticipated income.
775775

776-
## Extensions and Comments
776+
## Extensions and comments
777777

778778
Let's now consider a number of standard extensions to the LQ problem treated above.
779779

780-
### Time-Varying Parameters
780+
### Time-varying parameters
781781

782782
In some settings, it can be desirable to allow $A, B, C, R$ and $Q$ to depend on $t$.
783783

@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ One illustration is given {ref}`below <lq_nsi>`.
792792
For further examples and a more systematic treatment, see {cite}`HansenSargent2013`, section 2.4.
793793

794794
(lq_cpt)=
795-
### Adding a Cross-Product Term
795+
### Adding a cross-product term
796796

797797
In some LQ problems, preferences include a cross-product term $u_t^\top N x_t$, so that the objective function becomes
798798

@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ The sequence $\{d_t\}$ is unchanged from {eq}`lq_dd`.
834834
We leave interested readers to confirm these results (the calculations are long but not overly difficult).
835835

836836
(lq_ih)=
837-
### Infinite Horizon
837+
### Infinite horizon
838838

839839
```{index} single: LQ Control; Infinite Horizon
840840
```
@@ -902,7 +902,7 @@ The state evolves according to the time-homogeneous process $x_{t+1} = (A - BF)
902902
An example infinite horizon problem is treated {ref}`below <lqc_mwac>`.
903903

904904
(lq_cert_eq)=
905-
### Certainty Equivalence
905+
### Certainty equivalence
906906

907907
Linear quadratic control problems of the class discussed above have the property of *certainty equivalence*.
908908

@@ -912,10 +912,10 @@ This can be confirmed by inspecting {eq}`lq_oc_ih` or {eq}`lq_oc_cp`.
912912

913913
It follows that we can ignore uncertainty when solving for optimal behavior, and plug it back in when examining optimal state dynamics.
914914

915-
## Further Applications
915+
## Further applications
916916

917917
(lq_nsi)=
918-
### Application 1: Age-Dependent Income Process
918+
### Application 1: Age-dependent income process
919919

920920
{ref}`Previously <lq_mfpa>` we studied a permanent income model that generated consumption smoothing.
921921

@@ -1042,7 +1042,7 @@ The asset path exhibits dynamics consistent with standard life cycle theory.
10421042
{ref}`lqc_ex1` gives the full set of parameters used here and asks you to replicate the figure.
10431043

10441044
(lq_nsi2)=
1045-
### Application 2: A Permanent Income Model with Retirement
1045+
### Application 2: A permanent income model with retirement
10461046

10471047
In the {ref}`previous application <lq_nsi>`, we generated income dynamics with an inverted U shape using polynomials and placed them in an LQ framework.
10481048

@@ -1116,7 +1116,7 @@ in life followed by later saving.
11161116
Assets peak at retirement and subsequently decline.
11171117

11181118
(lqc_mwac)=
1119-
### Application 3: Monopoly with Adjustment Costs
1119+
### Application 3: Monopoly with adjustment costs
11201120

11211121
Consider a monopolist facing stochastic inverse demand function
11221122

0 commit comments

Comments
 (0)