Course Information

Course Outline

Project Guide

Sample Projects on UTexas Website

Maple Student Version: $99 Cdn

GAMS Demo Version: free

Matlab Student Version: $99 US

How to Succeed

Much of the important information in this course is presented by the professor during lectures. For note-taking advice see Note-taking Tips

You should have successfully completed Econ 225 before taking this course. For additional advice on writing papers see Writing Tips

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Lab Materials

1) Chapter 1, Optimization, using Excel

• growth.xls

2) Chapter 3, Partial Equilibrium, using Maple

• Leontief.mw
• CobbDouglas.mw
• Consumer.mw
• Firm.mw
• Equilibrium.mw

3) Chapters 9 & 10, Duopoly, using Maple

• Cournot.mw
• Stack.mw
• Combine.mw
• CournotDiff.mw
• BertrandDiff.mw

4) General Equilibirum for Pollution Tax, using Maple

• CTModelMap.pdf
• CTModelTheory.pdf
• CTProductionFunctions.mw
• CTmodel.mw

5) Chapter 7, Optimization, using MATLAB

• main.m (Simple Matlab example)
• func1.m
• func2.m
• mcportfol.m (Monte Carlo)
• portfolio.m (Optimization)
• dcri1.m
• dcri2.m

6) Chapters 11 & 12, Genetic Algorithms, using MATLAB

MATLAB files for both game and portfolio
• parentsdet.m
• crossover.m
• mutation.m

MATLAB files for game (Chapter 11)
• gagame.m
• initpoprand_gagame.m
• fitness_gagamePD.m

MATLAB files for portfolio (Chapter 12)
• gaportfol1.m
• gaportfol2.m
• gaportfol3.m
• gaportfol4.m
• gaportfol5.m
• initpopdet.m
• initpoprand_gaportfol.m
• normport.m
• fitness_gaportfol.m
• fitnessnc.m
• parentsrand.m

7) Chapter 14, Artificial Economies, using MATLAB

• sugarscape1.m
• neighbor.m
• see.m
• initagents.m
• moveagent.m
• initsugarscape.m
• dispagentloc.m
• deactivate.m
• initsugarscapesimple.m
• seeLongForm.m

8) Chapter 4, Linear Programming, using GAMS

• trnsport.gms

9) Chapter 8, General Equilibrium, using GAMS

• io-1.gms
• io-2.gms
• simplege.gms
• johansenge.gms
• sam.gms
• Example of a CGE study of the BC Economy

10) Chapter 13, Nonlinear Dynamics, using GAMS

• Economic model, in lieu of Tuesday's lecture
• htsim.gms

Excel Intros

Excel 2007 Tutorials:

• Excel Topics
• Excel Pivot Tables

Excel 2003/97 Tutorials:

• Excel Introduction 1
• Excel Introduction 2
• Excel Introduction 3
• Excel Introduction 4
• Excel Introduction 5