A Classroom Tariff-Setting Game

Publication: Journal of Economic Education

Volume: Volume 37, No. 4

Issue: Fall 2006

Pages: 431-441

Author(s): Niven Winchester

Address (Principal Author):

Niven Winchester

Lecturer

Department of Economics

University of Otago

P.O. Box 56

Dunedin

New Zealand

Phone: + 61 3 479 8648

Fax: + 61 3 479 8174

Internet Address (Principal Author): nwinchester@business.otago.ac.nz

Title: A Classroom Tariff-Setting Game

Abstract: The author describes a classroom tariff-setting game that allows students to explore the consequences of import tariffs imposed by large countries.  Groups of students represent countries, which are organized into trading pairs.  Each group's objective is to maximize welfare by choosing alternatives during the game.

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