Carlena Ficano

Health Insurance Markets and Reform of the Affordable Care Act part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
Students are asked to identify and justify which of a series of microeconomic concepts they believe to be most important to informed decision making in the area of health insurance reform in the U.S.

Monopoly, Monopsony, and Walmart part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
This monopoly/monopsony activity first instructs students to consider Walmart as both a seller of goods and services and as a purchaser of goods and services. It then asks them to identify who from among a range of ...

Monopoly Power under Pharmaceutical Patents part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
In this activity, students are asked to identify which among five pharmaceutical patent policy options they believe would be most likely to improve long term societal well being, with the policy options ranging ...

Supply and Demand in the Context of Uber Surge Pricing part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
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 ...