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Intertemporal Allocation with a Non-convex Technology

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Majumdar, M. (2006). Intertemporal Allocation with a Non-convex Technology. In: Dana, RA., Le Van, C., Mitra, T., Nishimura, K. (eds) Handbook on Optimal Growth 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-32310-4_7

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