Department of Economics

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Prof. Dr. Harris Dellas / Dr. Guido Baldi / Jacqueline Thomet


Doing Economics with the Computer - Fall Semester 2016


General Information

Class Time: Friday 14-17
Room: Computer Pool, 3rd Floor, Uni-S
ECTS: 6
KSL-Nr. 542-0
Teaching Language: English

The syllabus is available for download.

Important: If you are attending the fall semester 2016 course, please regularly consult the course's ILIAS webpage for any news and updates on lectures and assignments!

Registration

This course needs a registration until the first week of the semester. See the course description on KSL for details.

Questions and Answers

If you have any questions on the computer sessions, files or homeworks, contact jacqueline.thomet (at) vwi.unibe.ch

Lecture Notes

Please bring the handouts for the session to class, there will be no copies made available.

Session 1 - IS-LM Model (Excel)

Handout
Solution

Session 2 - Hog Cycle (Excel)

Handout
Solution

Session 3 - Computational Game Theory (Excel)

Handout
Template
Solution

Session 4 - Cake Eating Problem and Portfolio Selection (Excel)

Cake Eating
Handout
Template
Solution

Portfolio Selection
Handout
Template
Solution

Session 5 - Introduction to Matlab 1

--> Have a look also at the Matlab guide below
Handout
Data
Textdata
Solution (right click and save as to download .m files)

Session 6 - Two Country Model, Exchange Rate Systems (Matlab)

Handout
Coefficient Matrix
Theory (have a look at this PDF if the open economy model is new to you)
ex2fillmatrices

Session 7 - Introduction to Matlab 2 (Controlling the Flow)

Handout
hd_bet
hd_monty

Session 8 - Introduction to Matlab 3 (Functions)

Handout
Hypothenuse
Geometric Series
Grades (this is a lot of fun :-) )
Main file for grade_generator

Session 9 - Data Analysis and Time Series

Handout
Data

Session 10 - Numerical Optimization

Handout


Session 11 - Financial Valuation

Handout

Session 12 - Solow Growth Model

Handout

Guides

Excel Solver Guide (english)
Excel Solver Guide (german)
Matlab Guide