ECON 471Computational Economics
- Faculty
- Arts
- Last listed
- Spring 2024
No longer offered. It was in Waterloo’s course catalog since at least Winter 2020 (as far back as Open Data goes) to Spring 2024. It isn’t in the 2024–25 or later calendars.
In the course catalog from Winter 2020 to Spring 2024; Open Data has no classes for it in that time.
Basic concepts and techniques of computational economics. Topics may include computable general equilibrium models, data and calibration, system sensitivity, and dynamic extensions. Depending on class backgrounds and interests, applications may cover areas such as economics of taxation, international trade, industrial organization, economic history, development, environment, dynamics, and finance.
Requirements, as last listed
Prereq: ECON 306; Honours students or Economics majors
Discussed on r/uwaterloo
2 posts and comments in 2 threads mention ECON 471, January 2018 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.
Fall 2023
ECON 471: Computational Economics 6 points, 0 comments
u/bomankleinn01: “Anyone has taken this course? I can’t find a detailed outline on it. What program language does it use?”
Winter 2018
Why are there so many 4th year econ courses never offered? 0 points, 1 comment
u/microeconopenis: “… For example, ECON 409 - https://uwflow.com/course/econ409 ECON 412 - https://uwflow.com/course/econ412 Econ 423 - https://uwflow.com/course/econ423 Econ 471 - https://uwflow.com/course/econ471 Some of these courses are even required for specialization, how come?”
Check it elsewhere
- Undergraduate Calendar, 2023–24Its last calendar entry, on ucalendar
- Course outlinesSyllabi from past terms (UW login)
- UW FlowStudent ratings and reviews
- WClassesPast sections back to 2004, and who taught them
In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1988–89 to 1994–95, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.
1988–89 to 1994–95 7 calendars
Basic concepts and techniques of computable general equilibrium modelling, fixed-point theory and algorithm, data and calibration, system sensitivity, applications in various fields of economics, e.g., taxation, international trade, industrial organization, economic history, economic development, and fixed-price equilibria. Prereq: ECON 211, 301 (Recommended: ECON 311, 331, or 341)
3 class hours a week · 0.5 credit