Chaotic sets and Euler equation branching.(English)Zbl 1232.91467

Summary: Some macroeconomic models may exhibit a type of indeterminacy known as Euler equation branching (e.g., the one-sector growth model with a production externality). The dynamics in such models are governed by a differential inclusion $$\dot x \in H(x)$$, where $$H$$ is a set-valued function. In this paper, we introduce the concept of a chaotic set and explore its implications for Devaney chaos, Li-Yorke chaos and distributional chaos (adapted to dynamical systems generated by a differential inclusion). We show that a chaotic set will imply Devaney and Li-Yorke chaos and that a chaotic set with Euler equation branching will imply distributional chaos. We show that the existence of a steady state for a differential inclusion on the plane will generate a chaotic set and hence Devaney and Li-Yorke chaos. As an application, we show how these results can be applied to a one-sector growth model with a production externality – extending the results of Christiano and Harrison (1999). We show that chaotic (Devaney, Li-Yorke and distributional) and cyclic equilibria are possible and that this behavior is not dependent on the steady state being “locally” a saddle, sink or source.

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 91B52 Special types of economic equilibria 91B64 Macroeconomic theory (monetary models, models of taxation)
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