Computational Economics
6 CPirregularlyENno longer offered
Contents
This course is designed for students who wish to further develop their economic modeling skills, their abilities to use various software packages (such as Excel, Maple, Matlab, EViews, RePast, etc.) and their English skills. The course covers a selection of economic topics such as economic growth, non-renewable resources, regulation, tax evasion, agent-based modeling, econometrics, etc. The seminar covers selected topics of the lecture in more detail. Students are requested to prepare a short essay and present and defend it within the seminar.
Learning outcomes
Students will be in the position to use various software packages to solve economic models. In particular, they learn how to well specify economic problems that they may observe in the real world, how to model them and how to use software packages to solve such problems. In addition, students will improve their English language skills, for example, by listening to the lecture and by presenting and defending their own work in a seminar environment.
Assessment
A written exam (90 Minutes) with questions in English and answers to be given in English is offered at the end of the lecture course. Regarding the seminar students are requested to prepare an essay and present and defend it within the seminar. The lecture exam and the seminar essay are weighted 50 percent each, for the final marks of the module.
Literature (2)
- D.A. Kendrick, P Ruben Mercado, H. M. Amman (2006) “Computational Economics”, Princeton University Press: Princeton.
- PowerPoint Slides as the lecture proceeds
Source: BTU's module description · retrieved 19 Oct 2026Original