Marshallian Cross: An Alternative Justification and Related Issues

2013 ◽  
pp. 108-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Grebnev
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Treatment ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Economics Courses ◽  
Introductory Economics

The paper provides a justification of the laws of supply and demand using the concept of a marginal firm (technology) for the case of perfect competition.The ideological factor of excessive attention to the analysis of marginal parameters at the firm level in the introductory economics courses is discussed. The author connects these issues to the ideas of J. B. Clark and gives an alternative treatment of exploitation.

Lecturers’ perspectives on how introductory economic courses address sustainability

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom L. Green
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Literacy ◽  
External Pressure ◽  
Economic Thought ◽  
Ecological Literacy ◽  
Content Type ◽  
American University ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Ecological Citizenship ◽  
Economics Courses ◽  
Introductory Economics

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to explore sustainability commitments’ potential implications for the curriculum of introductory economics courses. Universities have signed the Talloires Declaration, committing themselves to promoting students’ environmental literacy and ecological citizenship, thereby creating pressure to integrate sustainability across the curriculum. Design/methodology/approach – A case study approach involving qualitative research methods and the three largest public universities in British Columbia, Canada, was used. As one component of a larger study, 11 of the 19 economists who delivered the course over the study period were interviewed. The theoretical framework was informed by ecological economics scholarship on how mainstream economic thought represents environment-economy linkages. Findings – Findings suggest that universities’ sustainability commitments have not influenced principles of economics curriculum. Sustainability is not salient to lecturers; prospects that mainstream economics departments will integrate sustainability into curriculum in a timely manner without external pressure appear limited. Practical implications – While institutions often enthusiastically report on courses that contribute to students’ ecological literacy, identifying curriculum that may confound student understanding of sustainability receives less emphasis. Introductory economics courses appear to merit scrutiny from this perspective. Originality/value – About 40 per cent of North American university students take an introductory economics course, relatively few take more advanced economics courses. This course, thus, teaches many students economic theory and the economics profession’s approach to evaluating public policy, and has potential to contribute to knowledge of sustainability. Few studies examine how undergraduate economics curriculum addresses sustainability.

Tourism Economics: Life after Death?

1995 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 329-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Tribe
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Growth ◽  
The State ◽  
Recent Book ◽  
Model Curriculum ◽  
Mainstream Economics ◽  
Life After Death ◽  
Educational Package ◽  
Critical Scrutiny ◽  
Economics Courses ◽  
Introductory Economics

Paul Omerod's recent book, The Death of Economics, provides the background to this paper. As Omerod's book laments the state of mainstream economics it seems an appropriate time to subject economics for tourism degrees to similar critical scrutiny. There has been a rapid growth in institutions offering degrees in tourism, from none in 1985 to 40 and rising by 1995, and economics has generally been part of the package on offer to students. This paper starts by outlining three serious challenges to economics both as a discipline and as educational knowledge for tourism students. It then examines how the educational package of economics is framed, and from this concludes that economics courses may arise more from accident (or inertia) than design, or that the design may not be appropriate for current needs. It therefore suggests that there is considerable scope for the re-framing of introductory economics for tourism students. In the light of the criticisms of economics expressed in the first section, a model curriculum for tourism economics is proposed, and ways in which such a model might be promoted and developed are explored.

scholarly journals The Rise of Robots in China

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Cheng ◽  
Ruixue Jia ◽  
Dandan Li ◽  
Hongbin Li
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Average Rate ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Industrial Robots ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Employee Survey ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Firm Level Data ◽  
Aggregate Industry

China is the world’s largest user of industrial robots. In 2016, sales of industrial robots in China reached 87,000 units, accounting for around 30 percent of the global market. To put this number in perspective, robot sales in all of Europe and the Americas in 2016 reached 97,300 units (according to data from the International Federation of Robotics). Between 2005 and 2016, the operational stock of industrial robots in China increased at an annual average rate of 38 percent. In this paper, we describe the adoption of robots by China’s manufacturers using both aggregate industry-level and firm-level data, and we provide possible explanations from both the supply and demand sides for why robot use has risen so quickly in China. A key contribution of this paper is that we have collected some of the world’s first data on firms’ robot adoption behaviors with our China Employer-Employee Survey (CEES), which contains the first firm-level data that is representative of the entire Chinese manufacturing sector.

An analysis of economic learning among undergraduates in introductory economics courses in Germany

2016 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 300-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roland Happ ◽  
Olga Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia ◽  
Susanne Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
Economics Courses ◽  
Introductory Economics

The Determinants of Success in University Introductory Economics Courses

1994 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordon Anderson ◽  
Dwayne Benjamin ◽  
Melvyn A. Fuss
Keyword(s):  
Economics Courses ◽  
Introductory Economics

An Analysis of the Marginal Products of the One- and Two-Semester Introductory Economics Courses

1978 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph D. Elliott ◽  
M. Edwin Ireland ◽  
Teresa S. Cannon
Keyword(s):  
Economics Courses ◽  
The One ◽  
Introductory Economics

scholarly journals Teaching Methods in Undergraduate Introductory Economics Courses: Results From a Sixth National Quinquennial Survey

2020 ◽  
pp. 056943452097465
Author(s):  
Carlos J. Asarta ◽  
Rebecca G. Chambers ◽  
Cynthia Harter
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Gender Issues ◽  
Introductory Courses ◽  
Quarter Century ◽  
The Past ◽  
Method Of Instruction ◽  
Economics Courses ◽  
Introductory Economics ◽  
Survey Courses ◽  
Jel Classifications

This article presents the first report of basic findings from the 2020 online administration of the sixth national quinquennial survey on teaching and assessment methods. Focusing on the teaching methods in introductory economics courses (i.e., principles and survey courses), the authors find that very little has changed in the past quarter-century. The typical instructor in introductory courses is predominantly a male, Caucasian, with a PhD. “Chalk and Talk” remains the preferred method of instruction in introductory courses, along with the use of textbooks. The use of “student(s) with student(s)” discussions in the classroom, as well as cooperative learning/small-group assignments, has increased since 2010. Lessons, activities, and references that address diversity, inclusion, or gender issues, however, are almost never used in introductory economics courses. JEL Classifications: A20, A22

An Analysis of the Marginal Products of the One- and Two-Semester Introductory Economics Courses

1978 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph D. Elliott ◽  
M. Edwin Ireland ◽  
Teresa S. Cannon
Keyword(s):  
Economics Courses ◽  
The One ◽  
Introductory Economics
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