Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART I. Once Over Lightly . . . -- 1. Growth Model in Excel -- 2. Neural Nets in Excel -- 3. Partial Equilibrium in Mathematica -- 4. Transportation in GAMS -- 5. Databases in Access -- 6. Thrift in GAMS (with Genevieve Solomon) -- 7....

"This book presents an introductory and compact overview of methods, models and interdisciplinary links of Artificial Economics. This is a new way of doing Economics, in which the interactions of artificial economic agents are computationally simulated to study their individual and group...

This introductory overview explores the methods, models and interdisciplinary links of artificial economics, a new way of doing economics in which the interactions of artificial economic agents are computationally simulated to study their individual and group behavior patterns. Conceptually and...

1. Introduction -- I Sectoral Models -- 2. Structure of Models -- 3. Applications -- II Economy-Wide Models -- 4. General Equilibrium -- 5. Growth -- III Conclusions -- 6. Conclusions -- Appendices -- Latin American Models -- References.

1. Introduction -- 2. Feedback: A Familiar Idea -- I Feedback : A New Framework -- 3. Goals -- 4. Dynamics -- 5. Uncertainty -- II Policy in a Feedback Framework -- 6. Feedback Rules -- 7. Confidence Intervals Again -- 8. Automatic Stabilizers Revisited -- III Limitations -- 9. The Choice of...

The aim of this volume is to provide an introduction and selective overview of the rapidly emerging field of computational economics. Computational economics provides an important set of tools that an increasing number of economists will need to acquire in order to understand and do...

Lance Taylor is widely considered to be one of the pre-eminent development economists in the world and is known for his work on development planning, macroeconomics of development, stabilization policy, and the global economy. He has also been the major force behind structuralist economics,...