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....

In this paper we present a method for using rational expectations in a linear-quadratic optimizationframework. Following the approach put forward by Sims, we solve the model through a QZdecomposition, which is generally easier to implement than the more widely used method of Blanchardand Kahn.