Economics Network News

New Case Study: Time Series Decomposition: A practical example using a classic data set

admin — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 13:10:58 +0000

From Steve Cook of Swansea University, our latest case study "provides a discussion of time series decomposition along a data set and solutions illustrating its application using real world data, drawn from a classic article in applied econometrics." It comes with a downloadable spreadsheet containing the data, solutions and notes.

Two new case studies from GTAs

admin — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:44:20 +0000

Two attendees at our Graduate Teaching Assistants' workshop have given us case studies. In "Teaching economics to social scientists: is current practice fit for purpose?" Eric Golson talks about firing up students' interest with real-world examples. In "Case Study from a GTA Workshop" Suparna Ray writes about the different skills a GTA has to develop, and how an Economics Network workshop helped.

Get ready for #economicsfest

admin — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 13:42:02 +0000

The Festival of Economics is happening in Bristol over the next two days (Friday and Saturday). Organised by the Festival of Ideas and programmed by Diane Coyle, this includes four discussion events looking at the recent failures and future prospects for the subject. The Economics Network will have a stand, so please come and say hello. Follow @FestivalofIdeas on Twitter for updates.

New Case Study: Helping students select a research topic by helping them identify their motivations

admin — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 12:05:52 +0000

Newly published on the Economics Network site is a case study from Gherardo Girardi of London Metropolitan University about prompting students to reflect on their own motivations for taking their course. This arose from a project funded by the Economics Network.

Supporters of the Economics Network

admin — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 12:33:15 +0000

We are delighted to announce the individuals and organisations who have become patrons or partners of the Economics Network. See our site for the full list.