Describes nine experiments designed to illustrate different applied statistical problems or econometric techniques suitable for the first course in econometrics. Additional information and computer programs are available from the authors. (Author/RM)

Provides marketing and distributive education (MDE) teachers with a framework for integrating specific economic concepts within seven common MDE units of instruction. Suggests appropriate teaching activities as well as some current and future economic issues that should be considered in MDE curriculum development activities. (JOW)

Provides a framework for reflecting upon some of the reports on the status of American education and implications for home economics education. Urges the home economics profession to respond to these reports in a meaningful manner. (JOW)

Intended as an aid to college level economics teachers, this article traces the theoretical development of the accelerator principle, as applied to investment theory. It also reviews the many investment theories that have utilized the accelerator principle for empirical testing and summarizes some of their findings. (Author/RM)

A course on clothing design which is taught using videotape has successfully evolved in response to student feedback since its start in 1962. (BD)

Although the home economics phase of the Model Cities program is still quite young, many changes and improvements have come to many Eagle pass homemakers as a result of extension training. (Author/AN)

Business education should prepare students to work in business and teach them about business. Economics education is intended to help high school graduates make reasoned judgments about major economic issues facing them and society. The Joint Council on Economic Education has been the principal catalyst in bridging business education and economic…

Contains an annotated list of states which are required to teach economics education. The title, length, grade levels, and very brief descriptions of or remarks about the courses mandated for each state are included. (AM)

Presents a case study dealing with open versus closed markets for use in college economics classes. Using the example of the taxi license monopoly in Dublin, Ireland, students examine how theories of supply and demand explain the characteristics of open and closed markets. (AM)

Discusses ways that economically oriented magazine and newspaper articles can be used across grade levels and instructional disciplines to enrich students' education. Offers a bibliography listing 217 articles on current economic topics. (SR)

Evidence indicates that economics education is inadequate and business education professionals are in a position to address the problem. Infusion of economic education into the business education curriculum is a realistic possibility. Many business educators already incorporate economics into their curriculum. (JOW)

The author shows how instructors might successfully introduce students in principles and intermediate microeconomic theory classes to the topic of bundling (i.e., the selling of two or more goods as a package, rather than separately). It is surprising how much students can learn using only the tools of high school geometry. To be specific, one can…

Although the IS/LM-AS/AD model is still the central tool of macroeconomic teaching in most macroeconomic textbooks, it has been criticized by several economists. Colander (1995) demonstrated that the framework is logically inconsistent, Romer (2000) showed that it is unable to deal with a monetary policy that uses the interest rate as its…

The authors present a classroom public goods experiment on the basis of a provision-point mechanism (PPM), where subjects must make an all or nothing decision about providing the public good. As a teaching tool, this design is superior to traditional prisoner's dilemma games because it creates multiple equilibrium in which individual financial…

Third-degree price discrimination is taught in almost every intermediate microeconomics class. The theory, geometry, and the algebra behind the concept are simple, and the phenomenon is commonly associated with the sale of many of the goods and services used frequently by students. Classroom discussion is usually vibrant as students can relate…