Computerized Economic Modeling: From Laboratory to Classroom
- 1 December 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Social Science Computer Review
- Vol. 6 (4) , 498-514
- https://doi.org/10.1177/089443938800600404
Abstract
This paper investigates the growing popularity of computerized economic modeling as a computer-assisted instructional aid and the associated educational benefits. It also provides an overview of current modeling, simulation, and econometrics programs and attempts to identify trends in computer-assisted instruction in economics. Keywords: computer-assisted instruction, simulations, software, forecasting, personal computers, economic modeling.Keywords
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- Software Reviews : The FAIRMODEL: A Review Article Reviewed by William P. Yohe, Duke University Publisher: ECONOMICA, Inc., 2067 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02140 (telephone: 617-661-3260) Distributor: Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632 (telephone : 800-526-0485) Year of Publication: 1985 Materials: Five double-sided diskettes (plus backup for main, copy-protected diskette), user's guide, hard-copy recent forecast with model, book (Ray C. Fair, Specification, Estimation, and Analysis of Macroeconometric Models [Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1984]), student manual, instructor's manual Price: $500 for basic package; $15.95 for student manual; site licenses and copyable main diskette range from $500 for 2-20 copies to $1,500 for 51-100 copies; various other packages also available for LOTUS 1-2-3 and for quarterly updatesSocial Science Microcomputer Review, 1986