An Interactive Microcomputer Program for Teaching the Impacts of Alternative Policy Sets in the Market for a Single Commodity

The authors describe a computer program in which students define alternative policy sets and compare their effects on the welfare of producers, consumers, and the public sector. A policy set may be a single tax or quota or a mix of taxes, subsidies, quotas, and/or price supports implemented at vario...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of economic education 1995-10, Vol.26 (4), p.324-335
Hauptverfasser:	Li, Elton, Stoecker, Arthur
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Agribusiness Algorithms Case Studies Commodities Competition Computer Assisted Instruction Computer Oriented Programs Computer Software Computer Uses in Education Cost Indexes Costs Courseware Economic Factors Economic Impact Economic Instruction Economics Economics Education Feedback Financial Policy Free Enterprise System Free markets Grants Higher Education Imports International Trade Laboratories Lecture Method Marketing Microcomputers Operating Expenses Policy Analysis Price supports Prices Producer surplus Productivity Programmed Instructional Materials Public Policy Public sector Quotas Rice Software Subsidies Sumansky (J M) Supply & demand Supply and Demand Tariffs Tax policy Tax subsidies Taxes Teaching Teaching Methods Visual Aids
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Zusammenfassung:	The authors describe a computer program in which students define alternative policy sets and compare their effects on the welfare of producers, consumers, and the public sector. A policy set may be a single tax or quota or a mix of taxes, subsidies, quotas, and/or price supports implemented at various points in the marketing chain.
ISSN:	0022-0485 2152-4068
DOI:	10.1080/00220485.1995.10844883