The Journal of Economic Education back issues from September 2008:
Course level and the relationship between research productivity and teaching effectiveness.(Research in Economic Education)(Erasmus School of Economics)(Report)
Sep 22, 2008; ... Abstract: The author examines the relationship between research productivity and teaching effectiveness using data from the Erasmus School of Economics. The initial findings indicate a positive overall relationship between the variables. A more detailed analysis reveals a sharp reversal in ...
Stripped-down poker: a classroom game with signaling and bluffing.(Economic Instruction)(Report)
Sep 22, 2008; ... Abstract: The authors present a simplified, "stripped-down" version of poker as an instructional classroom game. Although Stripped-Down Poker is extremely simple, it nevertheless provides an excellent illustration of a number of topics: signaling, bluffing, mixed strategies, the value of ...
Doing economics: enhancing skills through a process-oriented senior research course.(Economic Instruction)(Report)
Sep 22, 2008; ... Abstract: The author describes a senior-level course designed to promote student skills in "acting like economists." Although most departments offer senior-level courses, this one is unique in that it was developed on the basis of learning as opposed to content objectives, assignments are ...
Cooperation in the classroom: experimenting with R&D cooperatives.(Economic Instruction)(Report)
Sep 22, 2008; ... Abstract: The authors describe a classroom experiment that illustrates the research and development investment incentives facing firms when technological spillovers are present. The game involves two stages in which student "sellers" first make investment decisions and then production ...
The number of goods as a welfare variable: a simplified graphic approach.(Content Articles in Economics)(Report)
Sep 22, 2008; ... Abstract: Trade, the Internet, and product innovation have greatly enlarged the number of goods (N) in the consumer's choice set. The welfare effect of the growth in N has been extensively discussed in the specialized literature, but very little has filtered down to our textbook models of ...
Economics of war.(Features and Information)
Sep 22, 2008; ... Abstract: The author describes and elaborates on how to use his public-television reports on the costs of the war in Iraq to teach economics. He shows how the Iraq war can provide economics instructors with an example for discussing cost-benefit analysis and opportunity costs in class. ...
Basis trader.(Online)(http://www.uark.edu/ua/dtrader)
Sep 22, 2008; ... URL: http://www.uark.edu/ua/dtrader This Web site's objectives are to highlight the educational importance of the concepts of grain merchandising, hedging, and basis trading and to provide instructors with the necessary tools to teach these concepts to undergraduate agricultural ...
General equilibrium analysis using Microsoft Excel.(Online)
Sep 22, 2008; ... URL: http://csob.berry.edu/faculty/economics/GeneralEquilibriium/ GenEqModel.html This Web site provides a Microsoft Excel workbook that covers the topics that are typically addressed in an introduction to general equilibrium analysis. The workbook begins with an overview that ...