Policy function calculation from value function iterations

 

We consider the following maximization problem:

 

 

subject to .

 

Here, we use the following CRRA utility function:

 

 

We have the following switching parameters

 

   for t=0,2,4,6,. . .

and

   for t=1,3,5,7,. . .

 

We then consider the corresponding set of Bellman equation:

 

 

and

 

where value functions on the right hand side are switched. Here,

 

 and .

 

Notice that grid method is valid only for a single value function.

 

We had better compute each policy function separately.