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How does a national budget differ from a household budget?
We are often told by pundits that "Country X cannot spend more than they take in in revenue, because a house that makes A and spends B will always collapse if B>A". Essentially the siren calls of a ...
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Teaching changes in "demand" v. "quantity demanded"
I am always struggling with teaching this one.
The terminology of standard intro textbooks is unfortunate, although it's so pervasive that we probably have to live with it.
By a "Demand", intro ...
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Current status and trends in the choice of software for teaching econometrics
My institution is updating some of its bachelor and master study programs in economics and business administration, and the question of choice of software for econometrics and related classes has come ...
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Learning post-keynesian and marxist economics
My question here is not about theory, but more about the teaching landscape. I'm currently learning economics in Canada, and I realize that the academic world is very homogeneous. I'm quite impressed ...
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Are simultaneous equation models out of fashion? Why?
According to Angrist & Pischke "Undergraduate econometrics instruction: Through our classes, darkly" (2017) Tables 2 and 3, econometrics textbooks deemphasized simultaneous equation ...
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Teaching: from Microeconomics to Open-economy macro
I am a new faculty teaching MBA courses. Presently, I am teaching International Financial Management (IFM) and Macroeconomics. I have prepared the syllabus of macroeconomics based on first 9 chapters ...
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Economics of Health Textbook Recommendation
Was wondering if anyone who has taught a class on health economics could give some background on which textbook they used for their class and why.
It seems like "Healthy Economics" by Bhattacharya, ...
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Applied financial econometrics textbook
I am looking for an applied financial econometrics textbook. There are plenty of textbooks that present time series models used in financial econometrics but few of them put any emphasis on ...
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Is there really an "efficient equilibrium *price*" with externalities?
In the "Intro to Micro" approach to externalities, I've always felt uneasy as a teacher with the idea that there is something like an "efficient equilibrium" with a single "efficient price".
To keep ...
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Do Hong Kong highschool teachers earn more than Hong Kong quants?
According to Teach in Hong Kong, Hong Kong highschool teachers earn around
HK\$23,530 to HK\$54,665 (approximately \$3,000-\$7,000 USD) per month
while CUHK's Quantitative Finance Graduates Face ...
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Explaining structural v. reduced-form
Consider your audience is Econ 101 students.
You want to explain structural models and reduced-form models as easily as possible.
What prime examples (e.g., seminal paper reference) would you give to ...
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Significance of circular flow diagram?
A staple of intro economics textbooks is the circular flow diagram. Example from Frank et al. (2019, Principles of Economics)
What is the significance of the above diagram?
One thing it can ...
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Articles on the definition of causality in Economics
I am looking for illustrative "soft" articles on the definition of causality of Economics. Something to assign as a reading in a causal inference course. Any ideas?
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Tax revenue formula maximization- whats the name of this formula?
I have been teaching intermediate microeconomics and have come across a formula a number of times relating the tax rate at which revenue is maximized if elasticities are constant. This formula is ...
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Textbooks for Teaching Intro Micro (Principles): What are the tradeoffs?
As a new AP, I'm assigned to teach Principles of Microeconomics. Different teaching mentors I've asked about course materials have mentioned different texts, but I'm having a hard time getting a sense ...
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Why is the IS-LM model taught?
my question is rather simple but I would like to know why the IS-LM model is still taught in from my experience most undergrad economics classes?
My understanding is that the model is considered old ...
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Nicholson & Snyder V.S. Varian for teaching?
I will be teaching both Intermediate Micro 1 and 2 and would like to pick one textbook for both courses so students don't have to spend too much. I am inclined toward Nicholson & Snyder's ...
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Is there a digital MONIAC machine?
Is there an app/site that reproduces Philipp's MONIAC hydraulic machine and lets users experiment and learn (perhaps better that through simple video-watching)?
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What are some good alternative textbooks in international trades for undergraduates other than 'Taylor & Feenstra' and 'Krugman, Obstfeld & Melitz'?
I've been referring to the textbooks International Economics by Alan M. Taylor and Robert C. Feenstra and International Trade: Theory and Policy by Marc Melitz, Maurice Obstfeld, and Paul Krugman ...
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Illustrating difficulty to find dominant strategies: series of simple one-shot two-players games
For a game theory class I am prepping, I am looking for simple mathematical puzzles that can easily be presented as one-shot 2-players simultaneous games in which one of the players has a dominant ...
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