Papers presented at the 7th Summer School of the European Economic Association in Sept. 1996, held at Fiesole and convened by the European University Institute.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-273) and indexes.

Introduction : From pipeline economics to computational economics / Ramon Marimon and Andrew Scott -- Linear quadratic approximations : an introduction / Javier Díaz-Giménez -- A toolkit for analysing nonlinear dynamic stochastic models easily / Harald Uhlig -- Solving nonlinear rational expectations models by eigenvalue-eigenvector decompositions / Alfonso Novales ... [et al.] -- Discrete state-space methods for the study of dynamic economies / Craig Burnside -- Application of weighted residual methods to dynamic economic models / Ellen R. McGrattan -- The parameterized expectations approach : some practical issues / Albert Marcet and Guido Lorenzoni -- Finite-difference methods for continuous-time dynamic programming / Graham V. Candler -- Optimal fiscal policy in a linear stochastic economy / Thomas J. Sargent and François R. Velde -- Computing models of social security / Ay¡se Imrohoroglu, Selahattin Imrohoroglu and Douglas H. Joines -- Computation of equilibria in heterogeneous-agent models / José Víctor Rios-Rull .