Who uses Matlab

ulinbac · 2010-09-22 21:50:46

Don't know if in the right thread but give it a go. Started using Matlab to price futures options etc. in college, but want to know have popular it is? So, do ye use it and what for?

22-09-2010 10:50PM

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Don't know if in the right thread but give it a go. Started using Matlab to price futures options etc. in college, but want to know have popular it is?

So, do ye use it and what for?

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#2 23-09-2010 11:37AM

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It's used widely in the macro world and apps like Dynare have been created to facilitate DSGE estimation. Beyond the usual lazy approach to solving integrals, I use it for macro modelling, some financial toolbox functions, SDE functions in the econometrics toolbox, and so on.

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#3 23-09-2010 12:32PM

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Look up GNU Octave, an open source alternative. Used it on my course (not economics related).

http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/

Its easy enough to get going.

Windows installer is on this page:
http://octave.sourceforge.net/

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