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Open Source Economics Models
Mark Thoma at Economist's View is creating a repository for open source economics models. The idea is to emulate open source software by releasing a beta model to the world and inviting others to improve it. Mark has contributed a very nice paper on social insurance that could be expanded upon, Brad DeLong has contributed two beta models on finance topics, and I have contributed some very preliminary notes and a touch of Mathematica code on the implications of uncertainty about one's own tastes for savings decisions and other behavior (an interesting idea but one I have not had the technical skills to exploit). The models can be found in the right hand column of Economist's View.
Posted by Alex Tabarrok on June 14, 2005 at 01:38 PM in Economics | Permalink
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