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Other than the notifications above, this site has not been updated since January.
Information published below this point in this page relates to past instances of the course. It may be useful, but you should not rely on its accuracy with respect to policies in the 2020 instance of the course.
Economic Dynamics studies the "motion" of economic processes: disequilibrium behavior in convergence to equilibrium, growth, irreversible processes like consumption of exhaustible resources, and the acquisition and use of information in dynamic games and finance.
Goals of the course include:
Other topics will be covered according to class interest, time constraint, and the whims of the instructor.
| Stephen Turnbull, Associate Professor | ||
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| Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering | ||
| Room | Phone | |
| Office | 3F1234 | 853-5091 |
| Lab | 3E401 | 853-5175 |
| Office hours | To be announced | |
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Use this address for non-class communications (about my Zemi, etc.) |
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| Home Page | http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/ | |
| Schedule | http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/schedule/ | |
| 社会工学類 ／ College of Policy and Planning Science | |
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| 経済動学 ／ Economic Dynamics (FH27041, FH25051) | |
| Day/Time | Friday, 3rd & 4th (12:15--15:00) |
| Room | 3L202 |
| Home Page | http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/Teach/Dynamics/ |
| Questions | dynamics-help@turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp |
| Homework | dynamics-hw@turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp |
| Texts: | None required. Students who would like to study mathematical treatments should request advice from the instructor. Optional: Kleinberg & Easley, Networks, Crowds, and Markets Optional: Shone, Introduction to Economic Dynamics |
The lecture schedule is currently out of date and incomplete. It probably won't change much but will be updated soon. Lectures 1 and 2 are accurate. Dates (including holidays and examinations) are correct.
| Wk | Date | Link |
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| 1 | Oct. 5 | Lecture 1: Introduction to Economic Dynamics: Microeconomics and the basics of differential and difference equations. |
| 2 | Oct. 12 | Lecture 2: Introduction to modern economic growth theory: Robert Solow's pure dynamic model. |
| 3 | Oct. 19 | Lecture 3: Technological progress in growth models. Exhaustible resources. |
| 4 | Oct. 26 | Lecture 4 |
| 5 | Oct. 31 | Lecture 5 Note: Wednesday, not Friday due to Gakuensai! |
| . | Nov. 2 | No lecture (Gakuensai). |
| 6 | Nov. 9 | Midterm examination and Lecture 6 (period 4) |
| 7 | Nov. 16 | Lecture 7 |
| 8 | Nov. 20 | Lecture 8 Note: Tuesday, not Friday due to Labor Thanksgiving Day! |
| . | Nov. 23 | No lecture (Thursday classes held due to Labor Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 23). |
| . | Nov. 30 | No lecture |
| 10 | Dec. 7 | Lecture 9 |
| 11 | Dec. 14 | Lecture 10 |
| 12 | Dec. 21 | Final examination |
All links and deadlines in the table below are tentative. Updates will be posted to News.
| Homework | Link | Deadline |
|---|---|---|
| Policy | Information about submitting homework | |
| #1 | Differential equations | Oct. 13 |
| #2 | Interpreting differential equations | Oct. 13 |
| #3 | Constant returns to scale | Oct. 20 |
| #4 | Macro growth data | Oct. 20 |
| #5 | Dated commodities | Oct. 20 |
| #6 | Technology representation | Oct. 27 |
| #7 | Logistic chaos (computation) | Dec. 28 |
| #8 | Dynamic innovation | Dec. 28 |
The following resources contain sample and actual test questions for midterms and finals, with sample solutions for some of the questions. These solutions are samples; they are not necessarily complete, and not everything in every solution is necessary for full credit.
The testbank is the primary resource. It is intended to contain all previous test questions (some of which are no longer relevant), some questions which have not been used yet. There may be some additional information in the past examinations below.
Old news items from last year are left in place below in case you're interested in the flow of this course. Previous years' old news will be removed at some point.
Tue Nov 26 11:56:18 2019
Tue Nov 26 01:53:15 2019
Fri Dec 21 13:43:39 2018
Fri Dec 14 15:42:36 2018
Sun Nov 18 19:14:10 2018
Fri Nov 16 15:44:09 2018
Fri Nov 16 15:36:45 2018
Lecture 6 notes published (they just say "there was no lecture").
Lecture 7 slides published (some corrections of equations added after lecture).
Lecture 7 contains Homework 8 (homework links will be updated later).
Fri Nov 9 13:20:37 2018
Wed Oct 31 12:02:14 2018
Fri Oct 26 02:13:55 2018
Thu Oct 18 18:54:08 2018
Midterm Examination
Lecture 3 notes are available. They are much longer than will be presented in class. Usually 50-60 slides are presented if you print out and want to save some paper.
About homework submission
My host is working as it should be. Unfortunately, the university has decided to block mail to that host from off-campus, which seems to include s.tsukuba.ac.jp. For most students there is no way to send mail to me, and I don't know when this will get fixed.
Send mail to turnbull@sk.tsukuba.ac.jp. The Subject field should be "FH 27041 Homework #(hw number)" in half-width Roman letters, where you replace the string "(hw number)" with the appropriate number. Without that exact Subject, my filter may miss your mail.
Please resend homeworks #1 and #2, which were never received (the university's filter apparently throws away your mail with no indication to you or to me).
Lecture 2 updated.
Homeworks 3, 4, and 5 are at the end of Lecture 2
They are due next week on Friday.
Thu Oct 11 01:01:48 2018
Wed Oct 10 13:48:40 2018
My home page has been repaired, and now works.
My schedule has been repaired and updated.
Fri Oct 5 16:07:28 2018