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The economics curriculum in Australian Universities 1980 to 2011
Thornton, Tim B - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper examines the recent evolution of the Australian economics curriculum. First, it examines 2011 survey … broadening and updating of what is taught. These findings are then related to an analysis of the curriculum in both 1980 and 2011 … to see if the curriculum is moving in the desired direction. It is shown that the curriculum is not moving in the desired …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112139
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Phillips Curve for Advanced Economies on Period 1996-2007 - United States and Euro Area Case
Manuel, Eduardo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
This paper explains and shows us the Phillips Curve for advanced economies on period 1996-2007 for specially for the United States and Euro area case. The informations for 2006 and 2007 was considered being in attention the forecasting of International Monetary Fund (IMF) for these years. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837539
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Understanding and teaching unequal probability of selection
Raghav, Manu; Barreto, Humberto - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper focuses on econometrics pedagogy. It demonstrates the importance of including probability weights in regression analysis using data from surveys that do not use simple random samples (SRS). We use concrete, numerical examples and simulation to show how to effectively teach this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009207093
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Equity in an educational boom: Lessons from the expansion and marketization of tertiary schooling in Poland
Herbst, Mikolaj; Rok, Jakub - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The transformation of Polish economy toward a free market system and related changes on the Polish labour market released the demand for higher education, held for decades at an artificially low level. The impressive increase in enrolment was possible because the Polish government allowed the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323936
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The Return to Investment in Human Capital: The Case of the Value of Educational Attainment beyond the High School Diploma in Canada
Si, Xiaojing; Foley, Maggie; Boylan, Robert; Cebula, Richard - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Based on 2001 Canadian Census data, we investigate the return to investment in human capital in Canada. Internal rates of return (IRR) imply that the value of education varies by gender, level of education, and field of study. A bachelor's degree yields the highest IRR; the IRR from higher...
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Can't See the Tacking for the Trees? Try a Coasian Solution
Beaulier, Scott; Mixon, Franklin; Cebula, Richard - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This note provides a modern story for principles instructors to use as a supplement to textbook accounts of problems associated with externalities and the applicability of the Coase theorem. Our story begins in July of 1988, when Larry Ellison paid $3.9 million for a home in the Pacific Heights...
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Yield to Maturity Is Always Received as Promised
Cebula, Richard; Yang, Bill - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
This note comments on a misconception that yield to maturity from holding a coupon bond until maturity is only promised, but not really received, unless coupon payments are reinvested at the same rate as the (original) yield to maturity. It shows that yield to maturity is always earned no matter...
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Teaching in Public Choice Courses How Direct Democracy Can Influence Voting Behavior
Cebula, Richard; Lawson, Luther - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004
This study seeks to expand the scope of that portion of Public Choice courses that involves voting behavior. The study broadens the interpretation of the "rational voter model" so as to include the potential effects of "direct democracy" on the voter participation rate. Direct democracy is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109335
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Региональные приоритеты открытого образования
Kaluzhsky, Mikhail - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002
An article about the regional priorities of open economic education in Russia. The author examines the trends, causes and patterns of development of open (distance) economic education in Russia. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of contradictions objectively encountered during...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109719
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Information studies for the business sector in Spanish universities
Munoz-Canavate, Antonio; Hipola, Pedro - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
The management of information in the business world constitutes a single consolidated area within undergraduate and graduate study programs in Librarianship and Information Science. This article describes information studies for the business sector within Spain, including the university programs...
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