Harris Dellas
Doing Economics with the Computer - Fall Semester 2011
General Information
Class Time: Friday 14-17
Room: Computer Pool, 3rd Floor, Uni-S
ECTS: 6
EVUB-Nr. W3044
Teaching Language: English
First exam date: December 16th, 14.15
Second exam date: February 17th, 2012, 14.15
Syllabus
(updated: October 17th)
Link
to the VWI-webpage of the course
Current Topics
You will be given 120 minutes to solve the final exam. Be there around 14.00, so you will
have enough time to prepare your files and workplace!
Homework Assignments - Each student needs to hand in by
e-mail his or her own solution!
The deadlines are:
October 14 - Assignment 1 (Excel), please send solutions to:
guido.baldi@vwi.unibe.ch
October 28 - Assignment 2 (Excel), please send solutions to:
guido.baldi@vwi.unibe.ch
November 11 - Assignment 3 (Maxima), please send solutions to:
philipp.wegmueller@vwi.unibe.ch
December 9 - Assignment 4 (Matlab), please send solutions to:
marco.riguzzi@vwi.unibe.ch
Assignment 1
Handout
Template
Results
Assignment 2
Handout
Template
Results
Assignment 3
Handout
Results
Assignment 4
Handout
Data
Scores
Exercise 2
Session 1 - Simple IS-LM model (Excel)
Handout
Appendix
Sample
Solution
Session 2 - Hogcycle (Excel)
Handout
Sample
Solution
Session 3 - Game Theory (Excel)
Handout
Sample
Solution
Session 4 - Cake-Eating and Portfolio Selection (Excel)
Handout
Cake Eating
Template
Cake Eating
Appendix
Cake Eating
Handout
Portfolio Selection
Template
Portfolio Selection
Sample Solution
Cake Eating
Sample Solution
Portfolio Selection
Session 5 - Introduction to Matlab
Handout
Matrix Multiplication
Dataset
1 (.txt)
Dataset
2 (.xls)
Solution
Session 6 - Introduction to
Maxima
Handout
Presentation
Solution
Link
Session 7 - Consumer
Behaviour (Maxima)
Handout
Solutions
Session 8 - Mundell-Fleming
Model (Matlab)
Handout
Coefficient
Matrix Sheet
Additional
Material
Solution:
Exercise 1
Solution:
Exercise 2
Solution:
Exercise 2 - Fill in Matrices A, B
Solution:
Exercise 2c - Closed Economy
Sessions 9 and 11 - Matlab
Skills
Handout
Solution
Session 10
Handout
Solution
Exercise 1
Solution
Exercise 2
Cons 1
Cons 2
Guides
Excel
Solver Guide (english)
Excel
Solver Guide (german)
Matlab
Guide
Maxima
Guide
Links
Maxima download
Exam
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