This directory contains examples of how to use the code in "CoreCode" to produce solutions to the Tractable buffer stock model. TractableBufferStock/IndividualsProblem.nb generates the figures for the paper "A Tractable Model of Buffer Stock Saving" by Christopher Carroll and Patrick Toche. PalgravePrecautionary.nb generates the figure in "Precautionary Saving and Precautionary Wealth" with Miles Kimball for Palgrave Dictionary of Economics and Finance, 2 nd Ed. http://www.econ2.jhu.edu/people/ccarroll/PalgravePrecautionary.pdf Files in ManipulateParameters show the effect of varying the model's parameters on the phase diagram and target outcomes.