Using the Nobel Laureates in Economics to Teach Quantitative Methods
Publication: Journal of Economic Education
Volume: 36, No. 3
Issue: Summer 2005
Pages: 261-277
Author(s): William E. Becker (
Address (Principal Author):
William E.
Becker
Professor
Department of Economics
Indiana University
Wylie Hall 354
Bloomington, Indiana 47405-5301
Phone: 812-855-3577
Fax: 812-855-3736
Internet Address (Principal Author): beckerw@indiana.edu
Title: Using the Nobel Laureates in Economics to Teach Quantitative Methods
Abstract: The authors show how the work of Nobel Laureates in economics can be used to enhance student understanding and bring students up to date on topics such as probability, uncertainty and decision theory, hypothesis testing, regression to the mean, instrumental variable techniques, discrete choice modeling and time-series analysis.
Summer 2005
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Index
Journal of Economic
Education WWW Page