This paper aims at estimating the determinants of co-authorship in economics. More specifically, we test if there is a relationship between the efficiency in research of an individual and that of his co-authors using a novel database of French academics. The main empirical result is that the...

In this paper, the topic of student evaluation of instruction has been addressed with a new approach. Student behavior in reporting on evaluation instruments was analyzed using a model based on utility and opportunity cost. This model carried a set of hypotheses that represent a large group of...

In this paper we propose a series of homework problems that extend the international coverage in economics courses. The homeworks require students to decide which former Soviet Bloc countries should join the European Monetary Union. We argue that while there are some class time costs associated...

The purpose of this study is to show that a Collaborative Learning Lab (CLL) component can be accommodated in a standard three-credit introductory microeconomics class without significantly reducing the course content. It also shows that adding an in-class CLL can be an effective alternative...

This article presents the basics of argumentation theory. The relations of the argument with the concept of logical inference and an illustration of argument in international comparative policy analysis: the analysis of arguments in the invasion of Iraq

This conceptual paper explores the framework of which language teaching approaches are required to integrate the recent technologies in modern English Language Teaching (ELT) classes. Driven on the relevant literature of ELT and Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL), we argue that...

The author draws up a short thematic guide and some references to the current financial and economic crisis. After presenting the theoretical framework in which it shapes the discussion of the causes and nature of the crisis, the author identifies several ways to approach and study the subject:...

The present paper, following the philosophical work of Robert Nozick, intends to develop the approach of simplicity in the economic investigation. This purpose contributes to structure a heuristic for projects of investigation that can serve like mark of discussion of grade projects in the...

Women constitute almost half of the population of the world. Education for women is the best way to improve the health, nutrition and economic status of a household that constitute a micro unit of a nation economy. In this context, it can be argued that lack of woman education can be an...

This review paper articulates the relationship between prediction market data and event studies, with a special focus on applications in political economy. Event studies have been used to address a variety of political economy questions – from the economic effects of party control of...