This repository collects code for quantitative economic modeling

Comprehensive documentation is currently being prepared

At present, the majority of the code is described at quant-econ.net, in an on-line course authored by Thomas J. Sargent and John Stachurski

However this code repository is a separate project from quant-econ.net, and we welcome contributions and pull requests

At present, the lead developers of this repository (in alphabetical order) are

• Chase Coleman
• Spencer Lyon
• Matthew McKay
• Thomas J. Sargent
• John Stachurski
• Pablo Winant

Either

• Click the 'Download ZIP' button on the right, or
• Use Git to clone the repository

This repository includes the Python package quantecon

Assuming you have pip on your computer --- as will be the case if you've installed Anaconda --- you can install the latest stable release of quantecon by typing

pip install quantecon

at a terminal prompt

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