Front matter: (bibliographic info) (download)

1. Introduction to Selected Papers from the Second NBER Stochastic Control Conference: Gregory C. Chow, Michael Athans (p. 1 - 10) (bibliographic info) (download)

2. Quantitative Analysis for Decisions at the Federal Reserve: James L. Pierce (p. 11 - 20) (bibliographic info) (download)

3. Topics in Stochastic Control Theory Identification in Control and Econometrics: Similarities and Differences: R. H. Mehra (p. 21 - 48) (bibliographic info) (download)

4. The Importance of Kalman Filtering Methods for Economic Systems: Michael Athans (p. 49 - 64) (bibliographic info) (download)

5. Adaptive Dual Control Methods: Edison Tse (p. 65 - 84) (bibliographic info) (download)

6. Some Basic Ideas in Stochastic Stability: H. J. Kushner (p. 85 - 90) (bibliographic info) (download)

7. On The Uncertainty of Future Preferences: H. S. Witsenhausen (p. 91 - 94) (bibliographic info) (download)

8. On Some Price Adjustment Schemes: Masanao Aoki (p. 95 - 116) (bibliographic info) (download)

9. Towards Modeling Human Information Processing and Control in Economic Systems: An Approach Based On Manned Vehicle Systems Analysis: David L. Kleinman (p. 117 - 134) (bibliographic info) (download)

10. Methods for Computing Optimal Control Solutions: On the Solution of Optimal Control Problems as Maximization Problems: Ray C. Fair (p. 135 - 154) (bibliographic info) (download)

11. A Practical Method for Controlling a Large Nonlinear Stochastic System: Robert S. Holbrook (p. 155 - 176) (bibliographic info) (download)

12. Approximate Adaptive Control Situations to U.S. Beef Trade Policy: Gordon C. Rausser, John W. Freebairn (p. 177 - 204) (bibliographic info) (download)

13. A Method for Stochastic Control of Nonlinear Econometric Models and an Application: J. Phillip Cooper, Stanley Fischer (p. 205 - 207) (bibliographic info) (download)

14. Studies of Economic Problems: Optimal Policies for Monetary Control: Robert S. Pindyck, Steven M. Roberts (p. 207 - 238) (bibliographic info) (download)

15. Predictive Control of a Stochastic Model of the U.K. Economy Simulating Present Policy Making Practice by the U.K. Government: Jeremy Bray (p. 239 - 256) (bibliographic info) (download)

16. Optimal Stable Policies for Unstable Instruments: Christopher A. Sims (p. 257 - 266) (bibliographic info) (download)

17. Risky R & D with Rivalry: Morton I. Kamien, Nancy L. Schwartz (p. 267 - 278) (bibliographic info) (download)

18. Uncertainty and the Stability of the Armaments Race: D. L. Brito, M. D. Intriligator (p. 279 - 292) (bibliographic info) (download)

19. Searching for the Lowest Price When the Distribution of Prices Is Unknown: A Summary: Michael Rothschild (p. 293 - 294) (bibliographic info) (download)

20. NBER Computer Research Center Notes: NBER (p. 295 - 296) (bibliographic info) (download)

21. Announcements: NBER (p. 297) (bibliographic info) (download)