ECON 3810 - COMPUTATIONAL METHODS ECONOMICS

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This class is intended to familiarize Ph.D. students with numerical methods to solve economic models. Topics covered depend on instructor. Example topics include approximation methods, fixed point problems, solving functional equations like dynamic programs, Monte Carlo methods. Such methods are used in differentiated product models in industrial organization, political economy models in macroeconomics, and dynamic private information models. Heavy use is made of the computer.
Academic Career: Graduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Grad LG/SNC Basis

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