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Microcomputer Applications for Teaching Microeconomic Concepts: Some Old and New Approaches.
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Smith, L. Murphy; Smith, L. C., Jr. – Journal of Economic Education, 1989
Presents microcomputer programs and programing techniques and demonstrates how these programs can be used by teachers to explain economics concepts and to help students make judgments. Each microcomputer application is supplemented by traditional graphic and mathematical analysis. Discusses applications dealing with supply, demand, elasticity,…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Courseware, Economics Education
An Interactive Microcomputer Program for Teaching the Impacts of Alternative Policy Sets in the Market for a Single Commodity.
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Li, Elton; Stoecker, Arthur – Journal of Economic Education, 1995
Describes a computer software program where students define alternative policy sets and compare their effects on the welfare of consumers, producers, and the public sector. Policy sets may be a single tax or quota or a mix of taxes, subsidies, and/or price supports implemented in the marketing chain. (MJP)
Descriptors: Competition, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software