An Excel workbook called DemandCurve.xls provides a simple example of how to use Solver and the Comparative Statics Wizard to set up a standard consumer theory optimization problem and then derive a ...

Yield curves plot bond interest rates over different contract lengths. Contract lengths vary from two months to twenty years. Yield curves are often used to compare the yield of what a bond pays to ...

A variable undergoing logistic growth initially grows exponentially. After some time, the rate of growth decreases and the function levels off, forming a sigmoid, or s-shaped curve. For example, an ...