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A Guide for the Young Economist
Thomson, William - The MIT Press
This book is an invaluable handbook for young economists working on their dissertations, preparing their first articles … for submission to professional journals, getting ready for their first presentations at conferences and job seminars, or … make written and oral presentations both engaging and efficient. Declaring "I would certainly take up arms for clarity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010535208
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A Guide for the Young Economist
Thomson, William - The MIT Press
This book is an invaluable handbook for young economists working on their dissertations, preparing their first articles … for submission to professional journals, getting ready for their first presentations at conferences and job seminars, or … make written and oral presentations both engaging and efficient. Declaring "I would certainly take up arms for clarity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010535225
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Solving Continuous-Time Optimal- Control Problems with a Spreadsheet
Eric Nævdal - In: Journal of Economic Education 34 (2003) 2, pp. 99-122
The author explains how optimal-control problems can be solved with a common spreadsheet such as Microsoft Excel. He illustrates the method with several examples ranging from simple models to quite advanced topics. The method is intended to be beneficial to students and teachers working with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005405134
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Dynamic Programming: An Introduction by Example
Zietz, Joachim - In: Journal of Economic Education 38 (2007) 2, pp. 165-186
The author introduces some basic dynamic programming techniques, using examples, with the help of the computer algebra system Maple. The emphasis is on building confidence and intuition for the solution of dynamic problems in economics. To integrate the material better, the same examples are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005405146
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Evolution of the Masters in Economics
McCoy, James P.; Milkman, Martin I. - In: Journal of Economic Education 37 (2006) 4, pp. 470-476
In this article, the authors update their previous study of terminal master’s degree in economics programs to determine whether changes in the characteristics and students or the desired outcomes of master’s programs have occurred during the decade between the two studies. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005405184
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Foreign GTAs Can Be Effective Teachers of Economics
Fleisher, Belton; Hashimoto, Masanori; Weinberg, Bruce A. - In: Journal of Economic Education 33 (2002) 4, pp. 299-325
The authors assess the impact of foreign graduate teaching associates (GTAs) on undergraduate economics instruction where the standard language for the majority of students is English. They find little evidence that foreign GTAs adversely affect grades in economics principles courses or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005405185
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Survival on the Titanic: Illustrating Wald and Lagrange Multiplier Tests for Proportions and Logits
Dixon, Robert; Griffiths, William - In: Journal of Economic Education 37 (2006) 3, pp. 289-304
Students are interested in lecture examples and class exercises involving data connected to the maiden voyage and the sinking of the liner Titanic. Information on the passengers and their fate can be used to explore relationships between various tests for differences in survival rates between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005405191
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Student Enrolment and Faculty Renewal: The Response of the Tenure- Based University System to Demographic and Budgetery Shocks.
Denton, F.T.; Feaver, C.; Spencer, B.G. - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 1996
A problem common to many state-funded universities or university systems is how to maintain an inflow of young (and ceative) new faculty when student enrolment declines or government grants are reduced, and existing faculty are aging but subject to tenure protection. This paper considers the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005405506
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Other Things Equal: Mottoes for Science: Intendete Alte in Gubernando; and Qui scis?
McCloskey, Deirdre N. - In: Eastern Economic Journal 27 (2001) 2, pp. 239-243
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005418787
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Survival on the Titantic: Illustrating Wald and LM Tests for Proportions and Logits
Dixon, Robert; Griffiths, William - Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics - 2006
Students are very interested in lecture examples and class exercises involving data connected to the maiden voyage and the sinking of the liner Titanic. Information on the passengers and their fate can be used to explore relationships between various tests for differences in survival rates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005458664