Fiscal policy during a prolonged recession.
Ioanna Avgeri, ONCAMPUS Amsterdam
In this exercise students look at data of Greece, assess the situation the economy is in and make fiscal policy suggestions. By looking at the data of a prolonged recession students will need to evaluate different ...

Does perfect competition exist?
Michael Levine, San Bernardino Valley College
In this exercise, students will discuss the reality or perfectly competitive markets. First students will consider the characteristics of a perfectly competitive market for goods and services and discuss how ...

Tax Incidence and elasticity
Tanya Downing, Cuesta College
This exercise asks student teams to rank their sensitivity to a price change caused by a 10% hypothetical excise tax applied to each of a list of five items. Student rankings will be based on their understanding of ...

A Mall Divided: Who wins and loses with increases in the minimum wage.
Michael Levine, San Bernardino Valley College
How are different stakeholders impacted by minimum wage changes? This activity instructs students to analyze as unique minimum wage situation to consider the impact on various stakeholders.

Supply and demand shifters using local examples
Michael Levine, San Bernardino Valley College
This activity asks students to consider some common shifters of demand and supply and rank them based on what the think would have the greatest impact in the market. I specify local markets and a local branch of a ...

Paradox of Voting
Tanya Downing, Cuesta College
This exercise introduces students to the concept of public choice theory and issues of majority voting. Individuals and teams rank five different choices regarding government spending and taxation, then vote on ...

Technology and Economic Growth in the 21st Century
Michael Levine, San Bernardino Valley College
In this activity, students consider the role technology plays in raising productivity and thereby spurring economic growth. They will consider some landmark inventions of the 21st century, and discuss whether they ...

Fair division in upgrading internet service.
Michael Levine, San Bernardino Valley College
In this exercise students will consider two roommates who have the opportunity to purchase a shared (public) good, upgraded internet speed. Students will discuss the appropriate division of the cost of the good. In ...

Welfare Loss from Monopoly
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.

U.S. Fiscal Policy between 2002 and 2019.
Natalia Smirnova, University of Connecticut
Based on the graph showing the United States Federal government current receipts and current expenditures from 2002 till 2016, students analyze expansionary fiscal policy implementation.