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Luedtke, Allison Oldham – Journal of Economic Education, 2023
The author describes an assignment in an undergraduate game theory course in which students work together in class to develop a computer algorithm to identify Nash equilibria. This assignment builds basic computer science skills while applying game theory knowledge to real-world situations. Students work as a team to delineate the steps and write…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Game Theory, Programming Languages, Assignments
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Ghislain Nono Gueye; Jonathan R. Peterson – Journal of Economic Education, 2024
The authors present a Web application they designed in the R programming language as an experiential learning tool for teaching production theory. The app simulates production decisions where a manager is tasked to find the optimal mixture of inputs through experimentation. Users of the application are instructed to use calculations and intuitions…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Teaching Methods, Computer Oriented Programs, Programming Languages
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Jenkins, Brian C. – Journal of Economic Education, 2022
The author of this article describes a new undergraduate course where students use Python programming for macroeconomic data analysis and modeling. Students develop basic familiarity with dynamic optimization and simulating linear dynamic models, basic stochastic processes, real business cycle models, and New Keynesian business cycle models.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Programming Languages, Macroeconomics, Familiarity
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Kuroki, Masanori – Journal of Economic Education, 2023
As vast amounts of data have become available in business in recent years, the demand for data scientists has been rising. The author of this article provides a tutorial on how one entry-level machine learning competition from Kaggle, an online community for data scientists, can be integrated into an undergraduate econometrics course as an…
Descriptors: Statistics Education, Teaching Methods, Competition, Prediction