Third assignment. Due April 1 (heehee)
You will do the Mankiw macro simulation . You will record your
results, discuss them, and publish them on the web.
The simulation can be found at
http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/mankiw5/pages/bcs-main.asp?v=category&s=00070&n=98000&i=98070.01
You may need the shockwave plug in and you should click on the test
button to determine that.
Do NOT adjust monetary policy as we will cover that later. Use
Govt and Taxes to play.
Using snapit (see below) record and save screen
shots every four years. Save the shots in a directory such as
e124\simul or e124\a3
There are a number of free editors available on the net. I will
demonstrate using Mozilla 1.2.1 (availabe at www.mozilla.org).
Netscape 4.8 (or 4.7x) has much the same editor - publishing is a bit
different.
Below each screen shot (use Insert Image to insert the saved image
screen shot)
add a discussion of the 4 prior years - what you did, why you did it,
what you expected as a result, and what actually happened.
To publish the homework, you will have to do that on your artsci
account or engineering account.
Also, just in case it does not work, zip up the folder, and email it to
e124s02@economics.wustl.edu with your usual subject line. In that
way
I can help you get the assignment published. If you have having
trouble, be sure to email me, bob@parks.wustl.edu with a subject
e124 help a3
and include your username and pw and where you think you are to publish.
Email the web page URL to me, bob@parks.wustl.edu
with a subject of
E124 YournameF
where YournameF is as it is on the evaluation list.
Snapit is a screen shooter. I like to run it, then get something I
want on the screen, press F12, get the cursor to the top left, click and
hold and go to the bottom right, and release. Then Edit Copy and paste
it into eg word.
You can get snapit.zip and unzip it to your disk. You can also
unzip it to a floppy. If you choose your hard disk, I strongly
suggest using C:\snapit or c:\Programs\snapit - you will probably not
have the directory Programs - I like to put 'programs' there that need
no installation.
snapit.zip
snap32.exe
snap32.hlp For NS users, shift click
on each of these, and store them in e.g., c:\programs\snapshot
I don't think you need these but just in case:
readme.txt
register.exe
register.hlp
Alternatively, here is a zip file with it all. snapit.zip