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+# lecture-source-jl
+Source files for "Lectures in Quantitative Economics" -- Julia version
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+This repo can temporarily compile notebooks in this repository using `make jupyter` after installation of sphinxcontrib-jupyter extension
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+https://github.com/QuantEcon/sphinxcontrib-jupyter
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+and best to install using ``python setup.py install``