Resumen: En este artículo buscamos responder a los diferentes argumentos contrarios a la historia del pensamiento económico, como área de investigación y de enseñanza, para mostrar la vigencia y relevancia del área en la formación de los futuros economistas. En momentos en que la...

En este trabajo se presenta un micromundo para la simulación de una bolsa deenergía, el cual se elaboró en respuesta a la necesidad de facilitar el aprendizajedel esquema de bolsa de energía con despacho centralizado a los interesados en este mercado. El micromundo cuenta con un modelo...

El presente artículo pretende hacer un llamado acerca de la estructura general de los cursos de economía internacional I de pregrado (teoría y política del comercio internacional) por cuanto la visión económica neoclásica tradicional limita las explicaciones acerca de las causas y...

Achieving the continuous business performance is also closely related to the quality and timeliness of business decisions made based on the information provided by accounting in close relation to tax. In this context, in Romania there is an increasing trend to generalize the professional...

The paper shows how a dynamic neoclassical AS-AD can be derived and used to describe business cycles and growth trends to undergraduates. Derived within the Ramsey-Cass-Koopmans (RCK) model, the AS-AD is the stationary equilibrium of the deterministic dynamic general equilibrium framework....

In many economics programs, both graduate students and new assistant professors are thrown into the classroom without guidance, with the potential for negative ramifications that can last throughout their careers as teachers. This article is a primer in which we offer unique insights into useful...

A considerable literature indicates that class attendance is an important determinant of academic performance but the narrative on what influences students decisions to attend class is scant. This article examines why students choose not to attend class through the use of a survey distributed to...

According to Kennedy (2000), the difference between real and nominal interest rates constitutes the most important concept taught in macroeconomics courses. The classroom exercise described in this article demonstrates one way in which real and nominal interest rates differ, namely in their...

This paper examines the hypothesis that the quality of instruction influences observed mean test scores through its effects on both individual student performance and on class attrition rates. Since these effects are expected to display opposite signs, the level and dispersion of these scores...

This paper explores factors that contribute to growth in undergraduate knowledge of economics. An endogenous growth empirical model was applied to estimate students’ knowledge growth. Sources of knowledge growth were extracted to identify each factor’s contribution. Analysis indicated that...