On the Use of Symbolic Computation in Undergraduate Microeconomics Instruction

Publication: Journal of Economic Education

Volume: Volume 29, No. 3

Issue: Summer 1998

Pages: 227-246

Author(s): David W. Boyd (Denison University)

Address (Principal Author):David W. Boyd, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Denison University, Granville, OH 43023, 614-587-6317, fax: 614-587-6348

Internet Address (Principal Author):boyd@denison.edu

Title: On the Use of Symbolic Computation in Undergraduate Microeconomics Instruction

Abstract: This article introduces the use of symbolic processing and illustrates, through example, how symbolic computation can easily be incorporated into an intermediate or advanced undergraduate microeconomics courses.