This article, which suggests the use of French proverbs as an effective tool for teaching finance to French-speaking students, aligns 35 financial concepts and 7 general teaching concepts with one or more French proverbs. French proverbs allow students to link new information with previous...

The difficult transition from high school to university means that many students need to repeat (retake) one or more of their university courses. This paper examines the performance of students who were repeating first-year core courses in an undergraduate business program. It used data from...

The globalization of the world economy has increased interest in internationally recognized finance designations, which serve as external validation of expertise and are routinely used in hiring and promotion decisions. To help students, finance professors, career advisors, and practitioners...

This paper suggests the use of Russian proverbs related to money to engage Russian-speaking students in the business classroom. Russian proverbs enhance teaching by appealing to Russian students' cultural background, by presenting ideas in a concise and memorable way, and by creating a...

The relationship between student online activity (including access to specific course materials) and student performance is examined in a traditional face-to-face introductory finance course supported with a class web site. Six measures are used: total hits, hit consistency, number of unique...

We examine the performance of students repeating introductory microeconomics and macroeconomics courses, relative to that of students taking the courses for the first time. The study covers 937 grades received by 439 undergraduate business students. We find that the grades of students who...

This paper proposes the use of Spanish proverbs for teaching finance to Hispanic students. Spanish proverbs facilitate teaching by appealing to Hispanic students' cultural background, by introducing ideas in a succinct and unique way, and by creating a friendlier classroom atmosphere. Spanish...

In this paper, we examine the performance of students who repeat an introductory finance course, and compare this performance to that of students who take this course for the first time. We find that students who completed the course in the past with a failing or passing grade show a...

ABSTRACT: We analyze the impact of product bundling in experimental markets. One firm has monopoly power in a first market but competes with another firm in a second market. We compare treatments where the multiproduct firm (i) always bundles, (ii) never bundles, and (iii) chooses whether or not...