{"title":"Suits’ Watermelon Model: The Missing Simultaneous Equations Empirical Application","authors":"K. G. Stewart","doi":"10.58311/jeconteach/e850df12eb3d3e2dde8794bdce1d1331d9f2c491","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58311/jeconteach/e850df12eb3d3e2dde8794bdce1d1331d9f2c491","url":null,"abstract":"Instructors of econometrics courses sometimes seek an empirical simultaneous equations application that, ideally, (i) goes beyond the two-equation case most often used in textbook examples, (ii) is based on available real-world data that can be used in hands-on exercises, (iii) replicates prominent published results, (iv) can be motivated as being of some historical importance, (v) uses accessible economic theory, and (vi) yields plausible empirical results understandable to students. The seminal but now-forgotten 1955 watermelon study of Daniel Suits is suggested as an empirical application that meets all these criteria.","PeriodicalId":411490,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economics Teaching","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128496582","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Stroll Down the Dollar Street: Teaching Per-Capita GDP Using Internationally Comparable Photographs","authors":"A. Maximova, Steve Muchiri, M. Paraschiv","doi":"10.58311/jeconteach/178c166014597b60b1f4b7463ef0d55842b8996b","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58311/jeconteach/178c166014597b60b1f4b7463ef0d55842b8996b","url":null,"abstract":"We propose an activity that draws on over 44,000 internationally comparable photographs (of households and their living conditions) that help students connect cross-country differences in real per-capita GDP with differences in living conditions. First, students virtually visit approximately twenty households across five countries (four of their choice and the United States) and document their living conditions. Second, students collect real GDP per capita data for these countries, compare it, and link it to the observed differences in living conditions. Ultimately, this process allows the students to understand how differences in real GDP per capita relate to the differences in living conditions and learn some of the advantages and disadvantages of using real per-capita GDP to measure living conditions. Yancy McGuire, S. and McGuire, S. (2015). Teach Students How to Learn: Strategies You Can Incorporate into Any Course to Improve Student’s Metacognition, Study Skills, and Motivation.","PeriodicalId":411490,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economics Teaching","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116688911","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Charity-Joy Acchiardo, Deirdre Calhoun, Megan Kirts, G. D. Mateer
{"title":"A Pixar Is Worth a Thousand Words","authors":"Charity-Joy Acchiardo, Deirdre Calhoun, Megan Kirts, G. D. Mateer","doi":"10.58311/jeconteach/6524c294d10d8c9da591367b98b896ec582991b7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58311/jeconteach/6524c294d10d8c9da591367b98b896ec582991b7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":411490,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economics Teaching","volume":"73 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122778756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Explaining “In the Aggregate” Concepts with Clickers","authors":"Martha L. Olney","doi":"10.58311/jeconteach/9cbfd466be79a0c0c7b56ac447ae73a59827393f","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58311/jeconteach/9cbfd466be79a0c0c7b56ac447ae73a59827393f","url":null,"abstract":"Concepts such as the marginal propensity to consume can lead some students to respond, \"But that's not how I would behave!\" Using clickers (or any classroom...","PeriodicalId":411490,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economics Teaching","volume":"60 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124066126","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Socratic Seminars in the Economics Classroom","authors":"Bret Sikkink","doi":"10.58311/jeconteach/93a6081bac15f33c3dcff62513d4583666d0ce3f","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58311/jeconteach/93a6081bac15f33c3dcff62513d4583666d0ce3f","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":411490,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economics Teaching","volume":"68 1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130031143","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Interactive Web-based Simulations to Teach Econometrics: Making Abstract Concepts Tangible","authors":"Tanya S. Byker, Amanda Gregg, Dylan Mortimer","doi":"10.58311/jeconteach/a58ca61aa4eef1b94b596ca0ad62ecfcddbc2743","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58311/jeconteach/a58ca61aa4eef1b94b596ca0ad62ecfcddbc2743","url":null,"abstract":"We develop a series of publicly available interactive web-based modules and instructor materials to help students learn econometric concepts ranging from sampling distributions to omitted variable bias. The pedagogical literature supports using simulations to help students understand abstract statistical concepts but also cautions that ill-designed simulations may be ineffective. Most simulation tools currently available constrain users’ parameter choices, require excessive programming infrastructure, or lack real-world economics examples. Our modules allow students to experiment with inputs like sample size, number of replications, and underlying population distributions; students then see the impacts of their choices displayed visually in tables, histograms, and scatter plots. The modules can be used in classroom demonstrations or group activities in computer labs but also have sufficient instructions to allow independent exploration.","PeriodicalId":411490,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economics Teaching","volume":"140 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115534539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Teaching Macroeconomics with the Econland Simulation Game and Learning Platform","authors":"Tim Rogmans","doi":"10.58311/jeconteach/892413d590665dfe858e06a93abd1697c16b00f7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58311/jeconteach/892413d590665dfe858e06a93abd1697c16b00f7","url":null,"abstract":"Despite the potential of simulation games to bring variety to the classroom and enhance student engagement, the teaching of macroeconomics is still dominated by the traditional...","PeriodicalId":411490,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economics Teaching","volume":"26 6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125917189","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Moneyball as a Resource for Teaching Economics","authors":"Dustin R. White, Jadrian Wooten","doi":"10.58311/jeconteach/2f01aef770c564bf21101944ccf2f84738bfa803","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58311/jeconteach/2f01aef770c564bf21101944ccf2f84738bfa803","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":411490,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economics Teaching","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130040938","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Teaching International Microenterprise Development: An Interdisciplinary Experiential Learning Approach","authors":"Catherine Y. Co, J. Holland","doi":"10.58311/jeconteach/a956fe3a149c4dcfefa476ab39288b8fb1d17618","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58311/jeconteach/a956fe3a149c4dcfefa476ab39288b8fb1d17618","url":null,"abstract":"In this article, the authors describe the core elements of an integrative economics-marketing course on international microenterprise development. The course covers issues related to poverty, market ...","PeriodicalId":411490,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economics Teaching","volume":"60 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126697189","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Using the Becker-DeGroot-Marschak Mechanism to Teach Willingness to Pay and Consumer Surplus","authors":"J. Schubert","doi":"10.58311/jeconteach/7321c9244cc478b8a14e9f5b5350c9f2a08a7ed1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58311/jeconteach/7321c9244cc478b8a14e9f5b5350c9f2a08a7ed1","url":null,"abstract":"The Becker DeGroot Marschak (BDM) mechanism is a widely-used technique to elicit subjects’ willingness to pay for ordinary consumer and environmental goods. In this article, I show an application of the BDM mechanism to teach the concepts of willingness to pay and consumer surplus in introductory economics classes. The procedure is easy to implement, even in courses with large enrollments, and it actively engages all students. Evidence suggests this technique improves learning outcomes.","PeriodicalId":411490,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economics Teaching","volume":"88 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121288003","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}