Alan Green

Monetary Policy: Evaluating the Fed's Effectiveness Leading Up to and After the Crisis of 2008 part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
This application exercise contains two questions about the effectiveness of monetary policy, first during the Great Moderation and second after the crisis of 2008. It was designed for the end of a principles level ...

Micro Principles Policy AE: minimum wage and taxes part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
This exercise includes two policy oriented application exercises targeted to principles courses: one on the minimum wage and one on taxes, along with a readiness assurance test that applies to both. The exercises ...

Market Analysis Applications: High Speed Trading and Taxis part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
This exercise describes two specific markets that are arguably competitive but are subject to a degree of regulation: financial markets (focusing on high-speed trading) and the market for taxis. Students are tasked ...

Inequality and Democracy/Public Choice Policy Applications part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
Policy choices are presented to teams on two broad questions: the first on inequality in the United States and the second on democracy / public choice. These questions can be used together or split into separate ...

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

Economic Development, Foreign Aid and Charity Applications part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
This exercise includes two applications: one on whether and how the U.S. should increase foreign aid, which aims to get students thinking about policies to support growth and development, and a second on charity, ...

Who Wants Free College? Using Higher Education for Applications of Externalities and Asymmetric Information part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
Student teams are asked to identify the focus of U.S. policy with respect to higher education and then choose a specific policy to improve the higher education system. Economic concepts include market analysis, ...

Principles Policy AE on black markets and immigration part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
This exercise includes two policy application exercises: one on black markets and the other on immigration. Both require applications and/or extensions of supply and demand analysis. Also included is a readiness ...

Fiscal Policy Principles and Practice part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
This application exercise addresses fiscal policy at the principles level through two policy based applications. Students are asked to elucidate broad principles of fiscal policy as well as address the specific ...

Health Care Policy Applications: Addressing the Inefficiency of the U.S. Health System part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
Policy choices pertaining to the problems of costs and access in the U.S. health care market are presented to student teams, who choose and defend options to reign in costs and improve access.