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UBC Math, Computer Science, and Economics Course Advice

Not every top student should choose to get a PhD in economics or finance. But if you are considering it, then some advanced preparation can make your life easier

Recent Criticisms of Julia

I agree with the general sentiment of much of the criticism, but it doesn’t impact most use-cases of economists

ECON 408: Computational Methods in Macroeconomics

Computational tools used in macroeconomics and financial economics including applications to unemployment, inequality, asset pricing, and economic growth

Modeling Shocks in COVID 19

Lecture notes on using ODEs and SDEs for epidemiology in economics

A Grab Bag of Data Sources

Links to publicly available data sources useful for research and datascience projects