Julia for Economists

Our approach will be to compute a version of the classic Huggett (1996) model.

We will start simple, but eventually (time permitting) get to the point where our code will be well structured, reusable, and tested.

Table of Contents

Basics

1. Getting started
2. Types and variables
3. Arrays
4. Functions
5. Methods and multiple dispatch
6. User defined types
7. Writing solid code
8. Learning Julia

Beyond the basics

1. Object oriented programming
2. Modules
3. Packages
4. Testing
5. Debugging

Solving a Permanent Income Model

1. Simple minded approach
2. OOP approach
3. Shooting approach
4. Policy function iteration
5. Solving Huggett 1996

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