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Reese, William A., Jr.; Robins, Russell P. – Journal of Economic Education, 2017
This exercise helps instructors teach students how to perform a simple event study. The study tests to see if stocks earn abnormal returns when added to the S&P 500. Students select a random sample of stocks that were added to the index between January 2000 and July 2015. The accompanying spreadsheet calculates cumulative abnormal returns and…
Descriptors: Finance Occupations, Business Administration Education, Learning Activities, Money Management
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Stephen, Sheryl-Ann K. – Journal of Learning in Higher Education, 2014
It has been documented that Facebook is the most popular social networking site among students. Given that most students are already users of Facebook, implementing it into the curriculum provides an easy way for students to actively participate in class activities. This paper explores the idea that the use of Facebook Groups to complement…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Finance Occupations, Computer Software, Business Administration Education
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Carrithers, David; Ling, Teresa; Bean, John C. – Business Communication Quarterly, 2008
This article investigates the critical thinking difficulties of finance majors when asked to address ill-structured finance problems. The authors build on previous research in which they asked students to analyze an ill-structured investment problem and recommend a course of action. The results revealed numerous critical thinking weaknesses,…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Protocol Analysis, Audiences, Problem Sets