snowdj/quantecon.py

A community based Python library for quantitative economics

Quantitative Economics

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

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The quantecon Package

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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License

Copyright © 2013, 2014 Thomas J. Sargent and John Stachurski: BSD-3 All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

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3. Neither the name of the copyright holder nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.

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