Numerical Methods in Economics

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Summary: I don't know how to use this book
Review: Judd ties together a vast amount of material--from the most basic to the most advanced--that is essential to anyone doing computational work in economics, econometrics or finance. The book is sufficiently self-contained to serve as the single reference book on computational methods for the average economist. In addition, Judd highlights the origins of most methods and points to strengths, weaknesses, and future theoretical research directions. Economic/finance examples are used throughout the book to make the concepts easy to understand and apply. The only thing keeping this book from being perfect is a complete set of software tools, but given the breadth of the book, this might be too much to ask.

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Summary: An essential resource for all applied economists.
Review: Judd ties together a vast amount of material--from the most basic to the most advanced--that is essential to anyone doing computational work in economics, econometrics or finance. The book is sufficiently self-contained to serve as the single reference book on computational methods for the average economist. In addition, Judd highlights the origins of most methods and points to strengths, weaknesses, and future theoretical research directions. Economic/finance examples are used throughout the book to make the concepts easy to understand and apply. The only thing keeping this book from being perfect is a complete set of software tools, but given the breadth of the book, this might be too much to ask.

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Summary: I don't know how to use this book
Review: Yes! this book covers everything and Professor Judd tries to make it a reference book for everything. However, as a "numerical methods" book, how could you not deal with technical details? I don't see how I can use this book. Assume I know the methodology, why do I need the book? it covers exactly what I know, no more than that; Assume I do not know the methodology, this book does not provide any technical detail to implement the method. I don't deem it a useful book. It's like a dictionary, a lot of cheap talk about the methodology, but no real contents.