Economists Working in Parallel

Recent News

The inaugural Workshop for Economists Working in Parallel was held on August 17-18, 2009 at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. The workshop was sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City and the NYU Stern School of Business.

Overview

The computer has become a standard tool in economics. As computers have become more powerful and algorithms have been developed and adapted, more kinds of questions can be answered than ever before. This website is intended to be a repository of information about the computational techniques used to solve economic models. The purpose is to:

1. Serve as a starting point for researchers who would like to learn about different computational methods. We provide working codes for computing standard classes of models. These codes can serve as a starting point for more complex problems.

2. To provide rudimentary information about parallel computing.

3. Provide information and resources about open source alternatives to proprietary software frequently used in economics.

This website is still work in progress and we will be continually adding new programs and topics as supply and demand dictate.

How to Use this Site

The navigation menu on the left-hand side of the page indexes content by topic. The links lead to descriptions of general classes of models, discussions about solution methods, and details on computation, including working codes. (The programs available here have been generously donated by their authors. If you would like to contribute, please contact us!) The menu on the right-hand side indexes the programs available on the site.

This site runs on Drupal, a content management system. The content is written in Latex and uses a Drupal module named Drutex to output dvi files to the page. This system is great because it allows for clean typesetting using Latex, but it only generates output as dvi files. If you would like to generate a pdf version of a page (for example, to print the page) use the link on the right-hand side labeled ``Display a PDF version of this page for printing."

Software Availability

This project is a joint effort between the University of Texas at Austin and the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. The programs available on this site have been generously contributed by their authors.