Comparing Market Structures part of Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
Amber Casolari, Riverside City College
Working in predetermined teams of 4-5 students, teams will examine and identify the market structure for cell phone operating systems. After examining the current market structure, teams will be asked to analyze ...

First day of class activities part of Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
Phil Ruder, Pacific University
The two activities first present students with three types of learning and asks students to identify which type of learning is most important. Next, teams identify which activities could be accomplished at home and ...

Paper Fans and Paper Planes: A classroom PPF example part of Teaching Methods:Classroom Experiments:Examples
This page is authored by Jamie Wagner, Ph.D., University of Nebraska
This in-class exercise has students create a classroom PPF which is simple to implement in about 15-20 minutes but has lasting impacts and applications.

Game Theory Simulation Exercise: Pricing Prisoner's Dilemma part of Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
Alan Green, Stetson University
Student teams act as firms and make strategic pricing decisions. Each firms' profits depend on all of the teams' decisions.

Supply and Demand in the Context of Uber Surge Pricing part of Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
Carlena Ficano, Hartwick College
In this activity, students are asked to determine whether it is better to drive for Uber during busy times and in busy locations when and where surge pricing is in operation or instead to avoid these locations and ...

How do imports affect GDP? part of Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
Brandon Sheridan, Elon University
Imports are perhaps the most misunderstood portion of the GDP identity (Y=C+I+G+NX). This exercise uses real data to have students explore this issue and learn the nuance behind the numbers.

Welfare Loss from Monopoly part of Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
Doug McKee, Cornell University-Endowed Colleges
Students are presented with several potential markets and asked to consider the welfare consequences of monopoly power in each.

Creating and interpreting a production possibilities curve part of Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
C. Lucy Malakar, Lorain County Community College
Students will read an article about how the hurricanes of September 2017 damaged crops in Georgia and use the information provided to create a production possibilities frontier. Students will use their production ...

Game theory: externalities, the prisoner's dilemma and Nash equilibrium as seen in South Park part of Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
C. Lucy Malakar, Lorain County Community College
After viewing a brief segment of a South Park episode, students create a game theory matrix and apply the concepts of the Prisoner's Dilemma and Nash Equilibrium.

Elasticity and tax incidence part of Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
Mark Maier, Glendale Community College
This is a two part application exercise. In the first part groups estimate the impact of a property tax on an individual's rent. In the second part groups analyze the impact of a sugar tax on the price of soft ...