Forward-Looking Decision Making: Dynamic-Programming Models Applied to Health, Risk, Employment, and Financial Stability

by Robert E. Hall

Book Overview

Individuals and families make key decisions that impact many aspects of financial stability and determine the future of the economy. These decisions involve balancing current sacrifice against future benefits. People have to decide how much to invest in health care, exercise, their diet, and insurance. They must decide how much debt to take on, and how much to save. And they make choices about jobs that determine employment and unemployment levels...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691142424
• ISBN13: 9780691142425
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"