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Renshaw: Maths for Economics 2e

Using Excel®

An introduction to the use of Excel® software for graph plotting and solving equations has been created for both students and instructors, and includes demonstrations of how Excel® can assist in the use of maths for economics.

Note: please save these files to your computer and open from within Excel before printing.

You can view and download the documents individually or you can download all documentation as a ZIP file using the link below:

All Excel files [701kb]

Chapter 01: Getting started
[XLS 117kB]
Chapter 01: Calculating growth rates and index numbers
[XLS 54kB]
Chapter 01: Creating charts
[XLS 281kB]
Chapter 03: Plotting graphs - Part 1
[XLS 137kB]
Chapter 03: Plotting graphs - Part 2
[XLS 122kB]
Chapter 04: Plotting graphs - Part 3
[XLS 68kB]
Chapter 05: Plotting graphs - Part 4
[XLS 57kB]
Chapter 08: Plotting graphs - Part 5
[XLS 50kB]
Chapter 09: Calculating elasticities
[XLS 62kB]
Chapter 10: Financial calculations
[XLS 40kB]
Chapters 11 and 12: Graphing exponential functions
[XLS 51kB]
Chapters 12, 13 and 17: Graphing with logarithmic scales
[XLS 69kB]
Chapter 19: Determinants and matrices
[XLS 31kB]
Chapter 21: Taylor approximation: Example 1
[XLS 50kB]
Chapter 21: Taylor approximation: Example 2
[XLS 113kB]
Chapter 21: Fibonacci sequences (see chapter 21, exercise 21.3, question 6)
These have many intriguing properties and applications. You will find a lot of information on the internet using a search engine. The most popular link, and one that is more academically oriented than many, is: http://www.mcs.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/R.Knott/Fibonacci/fib.html. Enjoy!