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Findlay, David W. – Journal of Economic Education, 1995
Investigates factors that influence the short-run and long-run effects of supply-side shocks on aggregate income and tax revenues. Concludes that the long-run relationship between tax revenues and the tax rate is completely independent of price-level elasticity. (CFR)
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Economic Impact, Economics, Economics Education

Albelda, Randy – Journal of Economic Education, 1995
Reports on a survey of 213 economists to determine the role feminism has played in economics and economic views. Finds that, although the number of women studying economics has increased, feminism has little impact on scholarship in economics. Discusses the reasons for this lack of impact. (CFR)
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Economics, Economics Education, Educational Change

Hirschfeld, Mary; And Others – Journal of Economic Education, 1995
Asserts that, on average, women score lower on the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) Subject Test in Economics. Reports on a study of 149 student scores on the test to identify factors associated with this differential performance. Finds little support for the notion that men are simply better than women in quantitative areas. (CFR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Economics, Economics Education, Females

Gleason, Joyce; Van Scyoc, Lee J. – Journal of Economic Education, 1995
Reports on a study of the economic literacy of 942 adults and compares the results with the economic literacy of high school students. Finds that high school students outscored the adults. Also finds that adult scores were related positively to both the level of education achieved and the completion of an economics course. (CFR)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adults, Economic Factors, Economics

Johnson, Donn M. – Journal of Economic Education, 1995
Contends that the traditional approach to the economics of pollution deals only with the special case of damage coming from the per-period flow of the pollutant. Examines the limitations of the traditional flow approach. Summarizes fundamental advances in the economic theory of stock pollutants using graphical descriptions. (CFR)
Descriptors: Ecological Factors, Economic Factors, Economic Impact, Economics

Kondor, George A. – Journal of Economic Education, 1995
Maintains that it is generally assumed that rent control redistributes wealth from landlords to consumers of housing. Presents data and graphs to illustrate how rent control can benefit landlords and increase housing availability. Asserts that this exercise is effective for students studying microeconomic theory. (CFR)
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Economic Impact, Economics, Economics Education

Frank, Bjorn – Journal of Economic Education, 1998
Recommends reviewing the 1958 debate between P. A. Samuelson and J. R. Minasian over the controversy involving tax-financed television versus pay-TV. This exercise is a lively way to introduce students to the issue of exclusionary devices for public goods. Includes graphical analysis and excerpts from the original debates. (MJP)
Descriptors: Consumer Economics, Debate, Decision Making, Economics

Evensky, Jerry; Wells, Michael – Journal of Economic Education, 1998
Describes an attempt to analyze and improve the connection between intermediate microeconomic theory courses and applied theory courses. Examines the data collection, policy analysis, program design, and materials production stages of this process. Includes a table of most-valued microeconomic skills compared with allocation of time to teach those…
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Economics

DeBoer, Dale R. – Journal of Economic Education, 1998
Describes a class where students learn microeconomics from the perspective of a new business owner. This approach requires reordering the typical sequence of material and introducing a market simulation exercise. Includes a sample business plan, course outline, and data tables. (MJP)
Descriptors: Business Administration, Business Skills, Capitalism, Economics Education

Weber, Christian E. – Journal of Economic Education, 1997
Reconsiders Uriel Spiegel's analysis of the Giffen phenomenon, a utility function that yields an inferior good with an upward-sloping demand curve. Extends this to include similar utility functions that yield inferiority. Discusses the earlier work of related theorists including Liebhafsky, Vandermeulen, and Wold and Jureen. (MJP)
Descriptors: Business Cycles, Consumer Economics, Economic Climate, Economic Factors

Spiegel, Uriel – Journal of Economic Education, 1997
Reexamines Spiegel's analysis of the Giffen phenomenon, a utility function that yields an inferior good with an upward-sloping demand curve and incorporates Christian Weber's criticism into the model. Disagrees with Weber on some points but agrees that as income decreases the likelihood of the Giffen product decreases. (MJP)
Descriptors: Business Cycles, Consumer Economics, Economic Climate, Economic Factors

Netusil, Noelwah R.; Haupert, Michael – Journal of Economic Education, 1995
Describes an economics class experiment where students ranked the quality of baked pies according to limited information. The limited sets of information included brand name and packaging only, price only, advertising only, word-of-mouth, and taste test. Discusses signals of quality and consumer decisions. (MJP)
Descriptors: Advertising, Consumer Economics, Consumer Education, Decision Making

Haupert, Michael J. – Journal of Economic Education, 1996
Describes an undergraduate economics course experiment designed to teach the concepts of comparative advantage and opportunity costs. Students have a limited number of labor hours and can chose to produce either wheat or steel. As the project progresses, the students trade commodities in an attempt to maximize use of their labor hours. (MJP)
Descriptors: Consumer Economics, Economic Impact, Economic Research, Economics Education

Helwege, Ann – Journal of Economic Education, 1996
Presents a relatively simple costs/benefits analysis problem perfectly suited for an introductory economics course. Reveals that neither the health insurer (which bears only the hospitalization costs of acute care) nor the patient (who incurs lost earnings and psychological costs) has an adequate incentive to pay for preventive care. (MJP)
Descriptors: Consumer Economics, Economic Factors, Economic Impact, Economics Education

Udry, Christopher – Journal of Economic Education, 1997
Presents an annotated bibliography intended to inform nonspecialists of microeconomic research in poor countries. Six areas of research are discussed: household economics, health/nutrition and income, poverty measurement and analysis, agrarian technological change and labor markets. The section on labor markets also discusses saving, credit, and…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Business Cycles, Consumer Economics, Developing Nations
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