An Introduction to Computational Macroeconomics
by Anelí Bongers (Author), Trinidad Gómez (Author), José Luis Torres Chacon (Author)

About the Author
Anelí Bongers is a Young Talented Research Fellow in the Department of Economics and Economic History of the University of Málaga (Spain). Having received a PhD in Economics from the University of Malaga, her fields of research are mainly focused on technological change, economic growth, environmental economics, and international migration. She has published in journals such as Research Policy, PlosOne, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, and Operational Research.

Trinidad Gómez is a University Professor of Mathematics in the Department of Applied Economics (Mathematics) at the University of Málaga (Spain), where she teaches Mathematics and Operations Research. With a PhD in Economics and Business Administration from the University of Malaga, her main lines of research are focused on solving real problems in the field of Economics and Business, taking into account economic, social and environmental aspects. She has participated in regional, national and international competitive projects, as well as contracts with the Public Administration. She is the author of numerous publications in journals, book chapters, and books.

José L. Torres is Professor of Macroeconomics in the Department of Economics and Economic History of the University of Málaga (Spain). His current research areas include technological change and economic growth, and stochastic dynamic general equilibrium models. He has published several books and a large number of articles in journals such as Research Policy, Technological and Economic Development of Economy, Journal of lnternational Financial Markets, lnstitutions and Money, Review of Economic Dynamics, lnformation Economics and Policy, Public Choice, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Journal of Macroeconomics, Eastern Europe Economics, Empirical Economics, Economic Modelling, Open Economies Review, and SERIES, among others.

About this Book
This book presents an introduction to computational macroeconomics, using a new approach to the study of dynamic macroeconomic models. It solves a variety of models in discrete time numerically, using a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet as a computer tool. The solved models include dynamic macroeconomic models with rational expectations, both non-microfounded and microfounded, constituting a novel approach that facilitates the learning and use of dynamic general equilibrium models, which have now become the principal tool for macroeconomic analysis. Spreadsheets are widely known and relatively easy to use, meaning that the computer skills needed to work with dynamic general equilibrium models are affordable for undergraduate students in Advanced Macroeconomics courses.

Brief Contents
Part I: Basic Dynamic Systems 1
      1. An introduction to computational dynamic systems 3
      2. The dynamic IS-LM model 29
      3. Exchange rate overshooting 51
Part II: Introduction to Macroeconomic Dynamic General Equilibrium 69
      4. The consumption-saving optimal decision 71
      5. The consumption-saving decision and the consumption-leisure decision 95
      6. The government and the fiscal policy 115
      7. The firm and the investment decision: The Tobin’s Q model 135
      8. The basic dynamic general equilibrium model 163
Part III: Economic growth 195
      9. The neoclassical model of exogenous growth 197
      10. Ramsey's optimal growth model 215
Appendices 239
      Appendix A: Some mathematical concepts 241
      Appendix B: An example of a dynamic system in MATLAB 255

Series : Economic Methodology
Publisher : Vernon Press (January 28, 2020)
Language : English
Pages : 320
ISBN-10 : 1622736540