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THE GAUSS SOFTWARE ARCHIVE:

The American University Economics Department archives GAUSS source code for public non-commerical use. At the moment it contains some good code for non-linear optimization, qualitative choice models, generalized method of moments estimation, and cointegration tests, along with a variety of other useful special purpose procedures. Since this is an archive of source code, useful general purpose utilites will often be available in specific applications. For more information see the following URL:

http://www.american.edu/academic.depts/cas/econ/soft.htm#GAUSS

 

Submitting your own GAUSS Source Code

Anyone may submit source code by e-mailing it to econ@american.edu. The code should be extensively commented so that its purpose and strucure are readily discerned. The code must contain a clear statement of authorship. Existing copyrights and patents must be fully honored. In addition, attributions should be made in accord with academic standards.

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A claim to authorship and a date of last revision (e.g., Written by Jane Doe 7/15/94).

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A precise citation of any grant support of the code development.

For more information about the archive write to econ@american.edu.

 

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