Volume 8 Archives - Journal of Economics Teaching

July 24, 2023

Evaluating Covid-19 Fiscal Policies: Teaching Pandemic Fiscal Policies through Cooperative Learning (Green)

http://downloads.journalofeconomicsteaching.org/2022/2022-13.pdf

The Covid-19 pandemic presents an opportunity for economic educators to teach fiscal policy through cooperative learning. This paper presents a lesson that has students evaluate a […]

July 22, 2023

Reflecting on Reflection (Chakraborti & Pradhan)

http://downloads.journalofeconomicsteaching.org/2023/2023-2.pdf

This article presents three novel ways of enhancing student reflection on assignments for better concept mapping and improved learning outcomes in the economics classroom. All three […]

July 21, 2023

Microeconomics for Business: Writing Assignments on Porter’s Five Competitive Forces (Staveley-O’Carroll)

http://downloads.journalofeconomicsteaching.org/2023/2023-3.pdf

Groups of microeconomic principles students analyze the impact of Porter’s five competitive forces on an existing company. Five essays cover the forces: suppliers, substitutes, buyers, rivals, […]

July 20, 2023

P-Hacking Made Easy (Herndon)

http://downloads.journalofeconomicsteaching.org/2023/2023-4.pdf

Using a public data set of Major League Baseball salaries and on-field statistics, this paper runs regressions for all possible combinations of the selected control variables […]

December 23, 2022

Introducing Mixed-Strategy Equilibria: Payoffs vs. Probabilities (Eggleston)

http://downloads.journalofeconomicsteaching.org/2022/2022-9.pdf

Students are usually taught to compute mixed-strategy equilibria in 2 × 2 games by determining what mixed strategy each player must play in order for the […]

November 23, 2022

All I Want for Christmas is an A on My Econ Final: A Holiday-Themed Review Class (Mandzik)

http://downloads.journalofeconomicsteaching.org/2022/2022-10.pdf

Traditionally, final exams for the fall semester are sandwiched between Thanksgiving and the winter holiday season. Regrettably, the flurry of academic and extracurricular events creates an […]