Case Studies for Teaching Economics
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Collaborative learning for UG economics at Ulster and Coventry (UK)
This Economics Network mini-project enabled an exchange of ideas and opinions upon different approaches to the notion of collaborative learning techniques. It looked at a range of undergraduate economics modules at Ulster and Coventry. It includes a final project report and a learning pack for industrial economics.
ECON100
ECON100 offers various resources to support a number of text books authored or co-authored by Michael Parkin. Included are lecture notes (in PowerPoint, HTML or RTF), online quizzes, and news analysis.
The crash : unraveling the 1998 global financial crisis
Unraveling what happened that summer of 1998, 'The Crash' examines the underlying dynamics of a global economy that has created this new era of risk and instability. And it draws on the expertise of William Greider, George Soros, Jeffrey Sachs, and other leading financial analysts and policy makers who debate whether--or when--the crash of 1998 will be repeated. This site, a companion to a special 'Frontline' television programme, uses text reports, interviews and a video segment.
Chance teacher's guide
The Chance project aims to help teachers and lecturers teach a basic understanding of probability and statistics. This page hosts examples of probabilistic and statistical reasoning, with links to related activities, simulations, videos, and data sets. Related links are also included.
Harvard Business Publishing for educators
This site hosts course materials in business and economics, taken from the Harvard Business Review and various other sources. Disciplines covered include Accounting & Control, Business & Government, Competitive Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Finance, General Management, Human Resources Management, Management of Information Systems, Marketing, Negotiations, Operations Management, Organizational Behavior & Leadership, Service Management, Social Enterprise & Ethics, and Teaching & the Case Method. Access requires a fee.
Sources for cases and active-learning materials in economics
This page lists paper and internet sources of economics case studies. Under "internet", the author presents five of his own case studies in PDF format, each with instructor notes. These case studies are: "Macroeconomic Stability and Income Inequality in Chile", "Migration From East to West: A Net Gain for Germany?", "Shifting Gears: Ford Motor Company in Mexico", "Sudan and Exploitation of the Waters of the Nile", and "Kazakhstan and the Ruble".
Case Program of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University
Nearly 2000 public policy case studies and epilogues are hosted here, along with notes and advice on teaching with the case method. Amongst the 35 topics are: economics, corporate social responsibility, civil rights/race relations, gender, health, public finance, trade and transportation.
European Case Clearing House
The European Case Clearing House (ECCH) provides details of more than 50,000 items, including case studies, teaching notes and videos, are available through this site. Ordering the materials themselves requires payment, but there are downloadable reviews of specific materials. The focus of the collection is on management education. The site also provides a way to cross-search the ECCH with other major collections of case studies.
Case studies in sanctions and terrorism
The topic of economic sanctions is given a full treatment here with case studies relating to terrorism, each including a timeline, data and detailed bibliographies. The case studies include: US v. Cuba (1960- : Castro); UN v. South Africa (1962-1994: Apartheid; Namibia); US, Commonwealth v. South Africa (1985-91: Apartheid); US v. Libya (1978-: Gadhafi, Terrorism) and UN v. Libya (1992-99: Pan Am 103); US v. Pakistan (1979- : Nuclear Missile Proliferation); US v. Iran (1984- : Terrorism, Proliferation); US v. Syria (1986-: Terrorism); US/EU/Japan v. Burma (Myanmar) (1988- : Human rights, democracy, narcotics); US v. China (1989- : Tiananmen Square Massacre, Human Rights); US and UN v. Iraq (1990-: Invasion of Kuwait, Impairment of military capability,
destabilization); and US v. India (1998- : Nuclear Weapons Proliferation).
On the case (UK)
Aimed primarily at school level, this case study archive combines articles from FT.com with worksheets and related resources. There is a facility for readers to share their worksheets through the site. The most recent case study is from October 2001.
Green budget reform: case studies
Twenty-three case studies from Europe and North America, providing lessons on measures that have been implemented to reduce environmental impacts and increase sustainability. Abstracted from 'Making Budgets Green', the case studies can be browsed by industry or by category of instrument. They have been produced by K. G. Hansen and Stephan Barg of the International Institute for Sustainable Development.
Teaching strategies and disciplinary resources
Provided by the Center for Research on Teaching and Learning, University of Michigan, this is a large set of links to teaching case studies, browsable by topic. It covers subjects such as academic integrity, evaluation of teaching, learning styles and theories, course design, teaching methods and assessment amongst others.
Cross cultural learning behaviour in higher education: perceptions versus practice
This peer-reviewed paper by a Business and Commerce lecturer reports on specific research and the broader literature about learning styles of international students and the implications for teaching increasingly diverse student cohorts.
The Times 100 case studies (UK)
This is a well-presented collection of case studies from high-profile corporations, intended for use in school-level business courses. Each is linked to previous case studies from the same company, as well as external links for further information. In addition to their web presentation, files can be downloaded as Word and PDF files. This site is fully updated each year.
PBS NOW economy / taxes
Archived on this page are links to particular PBS NOW stories relating to economics. The links take to story pages that often include further links to video, transcripts, data and side stories. The archives go from 2002 to the present.
Lecture notes online
This is part of the econphd.net site and links to nearly 150 graduate-level lecture notes from lecturers around the world. Categories of material are: microeconomics (1. Consumers, firms and general equilibrium, 2. Game theory, 3. Mechanism design and public economics, 4. Applied and computational micro and other topics in micro), mathematics (1. Mathematics for economists, 2. Optimization, 3. Linear algebra, calculus, differential equations, 4. Analysis, measure theory, topology, 5. Discrete mathematics, logic, game theory, and other), macroeconomics (1. Various models, 2. Recursive (dynamic programming) treatments, 3. Dynamic methods, 4. Asset pricing and financing), econometrics (1. Probability and mathematical statistics, 2. Econometrics (general), 3. Macroeconometrics ( time series) and financial econometrics, 4. Microeconometrics), and software (1. Matlab, 2. Gauss, 3. Stata, 4. Other).
Seminar on innovation
This course web page is a syllabus with embedded links to presentations and slides (.pdf), and an archive of past presentations. It has been produced by Bronwyn H. Hall of University of California, Berkeley and covers the years 1998-2004.
This page was last updated Fri Mar 19 12:29:43 GMT 2010