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## The Density Case
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## The density case
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You are probably aware that some distributions can be represented by densities
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Once we've built some intuition we'll cover the general case.
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### Definitions and Basic Properties
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### Definitions and basic properties
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In our [lecture on finite Markov chains](https://python-intro.quantecon.org/finite_markov.html), we studied discrete-time Markov chains that evolve on a finite state space $S$.
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In other words, $p$ is exactly $p_w$, as defined in {eq}`statd_rwsk`.
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### Connection to Stochastic Difference Equations
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### Connection to stochastic difference equations
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In the previous section, we made the connection between stochastic difference
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equation {eq}`statd_rw` and stochastic kernel {eq}`statd_rwsk`.
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(Regarding the state space $S$ for this model, a natural choice is $(0, \infty)$ --- in which case
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$\sigma(x) = s f(x)$ is strictly positive for all $s$ as required)
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### Distribution Dynamics
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### Distribution dynamics
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In [this section](https://python.quantecon.org/finite_markov.html#marginal-distributions) of our lecture on **finite** Markov chains, we
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Another quick comment is that each of these distributions could be interpreted
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## Beyond Densities
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## Beyond densities
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Up until now, we have focused exclusively on continuous state Markov chains
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We can, however, construct a fairly general theory using distribution functions.
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### Example and Definitions
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### Example and definitions
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To illustrate the issues, recall that Hopenhayn and Rogerson {cite}`HopenhaynRogerson1993` study a model of firm dynamics where individual firm productivity follows the exogenous process
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### Theoretical Results
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### Theoretical results
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Analogous to [the finite case](https://python.quantecon.org/finite_markov.html#stationary-distributions), given a stochastic kernel $p$ and corresponding Markov operator as
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### An Example of Stability
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### An example of stability
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As stated above, the {ref}`growth model treated here <solow_swan>` is stable under mild conditions
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The details regarding initial conditions and so on are given in {ref}`this exercise <statd_ex2>`, where you are asked to replicate the figure.
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### Computing Stationary Densities
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### Computing stationary densities
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In the preceding figure, each sequence of densities is converging towards the unique stationary density $\psi^*$.
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