Recent research has demonstrated that active learning techniques improve student comprehension and retention of abstract economic ideas such as rent seeking. Instructors can reinforce the concept of rent seeking with a classroom game, particularly one involving real money. The authors improve...

Das Paper analysiert den bisher kaum beachteten Gebrauch von Metaphern in ökonomischen Standardlehrbüchern am Beispiel der Lehrtexte von Paul A. Samuelson und N. Gregory Mankiw. Dabei steht die metaphorische Semantik des abstrakten Konzeptes "des Marktes" im Zentrum der Untersuchungen. Mittels...

Das Paper analysiert den bisher kaum beachteten Gebrauch von Metaphern in ökonomischen Standardlehrbüchern am Beispiel der Lehrtexte von Paul A. Samuelson und N. Gregory Mankiw. Dabei steht die metaphorische Semantik des abstrakten Konzeptes "des Marktes" im Zentrum der Untersuchungen. Mittels...

This paper proposes the use of musical selections to enhance team-based learning (TBL) activities in economics education in the K-12 classroom. The author provides pre-designed lessons and templates that align with the Voluntary National Content Standards in Economics. The approach builds on...

Basel II changes risk management in banks strongly. Internal rating procedures would lead one to expect that banks are changing over to active risk control. But, if risk management is no longer a simple "game against nature", if all agents involved are active players then a shift from a...

The paper presents an overview of the several sources used by researchers in economics and related fields. It shows the features and advantages of these sources, the characteristics than in this discipline have books, articles and journals, as well as how they are ranked and how impact...

This paper argues that the various theories of economics can all add value, yet educational institutions each seem overly committed to only one theory. The intense debates between economists are destructive and should be replaced with attempts to combine and use each of the theories in...