Computer simulation of the Alonso household location model in the microeconomics course
Computer simulation of the Alonso household location model can enrich the intermediate microeconomics course. The model includes decisions on location, land space, and other goods and is a valuable complement to the usual textbook model of household consumption. It has three decision variables, one...
Gespeichert in:
| Veröffentlicht in: | The Journal of economic education 2005, Vol.36 (1), p.59-76 |
|---|---|
| 1. Verfasser: | |
| Format: | Artikel |
| Sprache: | eng |
| Schlagworte: | |
| Online-Zugang: | Volltext |
| Tags: |
Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
|
| container_end_page | 76 |
|---|---|
| container_issue | 1 |
| container_start_page | 59 |
| container_title | The Journal of economic education |
| container_volume | 36 |
| creator | Bolton, Roger E |
| description | Computer simulation of the Alonso household location model can enrich the intermediate microeconomics course. The model includes decisions on location, land space, and other goods and is a valuable complement to the usual textbook model of household consumption. It has three decision variables, one of which is a "bad," and one good's price is a nonlinear function of another decision variable. These instructive complications are easily within the grasp of students. The simulation illustrates algebraic utility functions that are important in later courses. The author describes ways to simulate various versions of the model, from relatively simple to advanced, including a version that incorporates time-allocation decisions, thus giving the instructor flexibility in teaching students of varying ability. |
| doi_str_mv | 10.3200/JECE.36.1.59-76 |
| format | Article |
| fullrecord | <record><control><sourceid>jstor_dipf_</sourceid><recordid>TN_cdi_dipf_primary_692402</recordid><sourceformat>XML</sourceformat><sourcesystem>PC</sourcesystem><ericid>EJ709835</ericid><jstor_id>30042632</jstor_id><sourcerecordid>30042632</sourcerecordid><originalsourceid>FETCH-LOGICAL-c508t-7888c583881cefd7026e1025962d5cca4628a0643150e1c43322bf2f9d17acb43</originalsourceid><addsrcrecordid>eNp1UM2L1DAUD6LguHoWRKF47-zLZ1NvyzC6LgteFI8hm6ZMhrSvJq0y_72ZqeyePPx4Cb-P90HIWwpbzgCu7_a7_ZarLd3Ktm7UM7JhVLJagNLPyQaAsRqEli_Jq5yPUP5CsA35ucNhWmafqhyGJdo54FhhX80HX91EHDNWB1yyP2DsqohuFQzY-ViF8SIbgkvoHY5YXrlyuKTsX5MXvY3Zv_lXr8iPz_vvu9v6_tuXr7ub-9pJ0HPdaK2d1Fxr6nzfNcCUp8Bkq1gnnbNCMW1BCU4leOoE54w99KxvO9pY9yD4Ffm45k4Jfy0-z-ZY-o-lpWFcMsWFVkV0vYrKoDkn35sphcGmk6Fgzscz5-MZrgw1sjXN2XG7OpKfvHuUH72_xEfz23Bb9NyeCkqCLCUU0IKp4BJjDvNQot6vUT6Fp6T9XQOt5rLQH1b6mGdMjzwHEGV6VvhPKx_GHtNg_2CKnZntKWLqkx1dyIb_f413q7kL09PSqmUCGP8L4b6pxQ</addsrcrecordid><sourcetype>Aggregation Database</sourcetype><iscdi>true</iscdi><recordtype>article</recordtype><pqid>235263486</pqid></control><display><type>article</type><title>Computer simulation of the Alonso household location model in the microeconomics course</title><source>RePEc</source><source>EBSCOhost Business Source Complete</source><source>JSTOR Archive Collection A-Z Listing</source><source>EBSCOhost Education Source</source><creator>Bolton, Roger E</creator><creatorcontrib>Bolton, Roger E</creatorcontrib><description>Computer simulation of the Alonso household location model can enrich the intermediate microeconomics course. The model includes decisions on location, land space, and other goods and is a valuable complement to the usual textbook model of household consumption. It has three decision variables, one of which is a "bad," and one good's price is a nonlinear function of another decision variable. These instructive complications are easily within the grasp of students. The simulation illustrates algebraic utility functions that are important in later courses. The author describes ways to simulate various versions of the model, from relatively simple to advanced, including a version that incorporates time-allocation decisions, thus giving the instructor flexibility in teaching students of varying ability.</description><identifier>ISSN: 0022-0485</identifier><identifier>EISSN: 2152-4068</identifier><identifier>DOI: 10.3200/JECE.36.1.59-76</identifier><identifier>CODEN: JEEDBN</identifier><language>eng</language><publisher>Washington: Heldref</publisher><subject>Alonso model ; Basic Skills ; Commuting ; Computer Simulation ; Consumer Science ; Costs ; Didaktik ; Economic Instruction ; Economic models ; Economics Education ; Education ; Employment ; Equilibrium ; Expenditures ; Geographic Location ; Homework ; Households ; Instructional Effectiveness ; Labor economics ; Land Use ; Learning ; Marginal costs ; Materials handling ; Mathematical functions ; Microeconomic modeling ; Microeconomics ; Modeling ; Place of Residence ; Prices ; Public finance ; Realism ; Simulation ; Statistical data ; Students ; Studies ; Studium ; Tax Rates ; Teacher Effectiveness ; Teachers ; Teaching ; Teaching Methods ; teaching microeconomics ; Theorie ; Time on Task ; Transportation ; Transportation economics ; Undergraduate Students ; Urban economics ; Utility functions ; Variables ; Wirtschaftswissenschaft ; Wohnort ; Wohnumgebung</subject><ispartof>The Journal of economic education, 2005, Vol.36 (1), p.59-76</ispartof><rights>Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC 2005</rights><rights>Copyright 2004 Helen Dwight Reid Educational Foundation</rights><rights>Copyright HELDREF PUBLICATIONS Winter 2005</rights><lds50>peer_reviewed</lds50><woscitedreferencessubscribed>false</woscitedreferencessubscribed><citedby>FETCH-LOGICAL-c508t-7888c583881cefd7026e1025962d5cca4628a0643150e1c43322bf2f9d17acb43</citedby><cites>FETCH-LOGICAL-c508t-7888c583881cefd7026e1025962d5cca4628a0643150e1c43322bf2f9d17acb43</cites></display><links><openurl>$$Topenurl_article</openurl><openurlfulltext>$$Topenurlfull_article</openurlfulltext><thumbnail>$$Tsyndetics_thumb_exl</thumbnail><linktopdf>$$Uhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/30042632$$EPDF$$P50$$Gjstor$$H</linktopdf><linktohtml>$$Uhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/30042632$$EHTML$$P50$$Gjstor$$H</linktohtml><link.rule.ids>314,780,784,803,4008,4024,27923,27924,27925,58017,58250</link.rule.ids><backlink>$$Uhttp://www.fachportal-paedagogik.de/fis_bildung/suche/fis_set.html?FId=692402$$DAccess content in the German Education Portal$$Hfree_for_read</backlink><backlink>$$Uhttp://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/detail?accno=EJ709835$$DView record in ERIC$$Hfree_for_read</backlink><backlink>$$Uhttp://econpapers.repec.org/article/jeejournl/v_3a36_3ay_3a2005_3ai_3a1_3ap_3a59-76.htm$$DView record in RePEc$$Hfree_for_read</backlink></links><search><creatorcontrib>Bolton, Roger E</creatorcontrib><title>Computer simulation of the Alonso household location model in the microeconomics course</title><title>The Journal of economic education</title><description>Computer simulation of the Alonso household location model can enrich the intermediate microeconomics course. The model includes decisions on location, land space, and other goods and is a valuable complement to the usual textbook model of household consumption. It has three decision variables, one of which is a "bad," and one good's price is a nonlinear function of another decision variable. These instructive complications are easily within the grasp of students. The simulation illustrates algebraic utility functions that are important in later courses. The author describes ways to simulate various versions of the model, from relatively simple to advanced, including a version that incorporates time-allocation decisions, thus giving the instructor flexibility in teaching students of varying ability.</description><subject>Alonso model</subject><subject>Basic Skills</subject><subject>Commuting</subject><subject>Computer Simulation</subject><subject>Consumer Science</subject><subject>Costs</subject><subject>Didaktik</subject><subject>Economic Instruction</subject><subject>Economic models</subject><subject>Economics Education</subject><subject>Education</subject><subject>Employment</subject><subject>Equilibrium</subject><subject>Expenditures</subject><subject>Geographic Location</subject><subject>Homework</subject><subject>Households</subject><subject>Instructional Effectiveness</subject><subject>Labor economics</subject><subject>Land Use</subject><subject>Learning</subject><subject>Marginal costs</subject><subject>Materials handling</subject><subject>Mathematical functions</subject><subject>Microeconomic modeling</subject><subject>Microeconomics</subject><subject>Modeling</subject><subject>Place of Residence</subject><subject>Prices</subject><subject>Public finance</subject><subject>Realism</subject><subject>Simulation</subject><subject>Statistical data</subject><subject>Students</subject><subject>Studies</subject><subject>Studium</subject><subject>Tax Rates</subject><subject>Teacher Effectiveness</subject><subject>Teachers</subject><subject>Teaching</subject><subject>Teaching Methods</subject><subject>teaching microeconomics</subject><subject>Theorie</subject><subject>Time on Task</subject><subject>Transportation</subject><subject>Transportation economics</subject><subject>Undergraduate Students</subject><subject>Urban economics</subject><subject>Utility functions</subject><subject>Variables</subject><subject>Wirtschaftswissenschaft</subject><subject>Wohnort</subject><subject>Wohnumgebung</subject><issn>0022-0485</issn><issn>2152-4068</issn><fulltext>true</fulltext><rsrctype>article</rsrctype><creationdate>2005</creationdate><recordtype>article</recordtype><sourceid>X2L</sourceid><sourceid>8G5</sourceid><sourceid>ABUWG</sourceid><sourceid>AFKRA</sourceid><sourceid>AZQEC</sourceid><sourceid>BEC</sourceid><sourceid>BENPR</sourceid><sourceid>CCPQU</sourceid><sourceid>DWQXO</sourceid><sourceid>GNUQQ</sourceid><sourceid>GUQSH</sourceid><sourceid>M2O</sourceid><recordid>eNp1UM2L1DAUD6LguHoWRKF47-zLZ1NvyzC6LgteFI8hm6ZMhrSvJq0y_72ZqeyePPx4Cb-P90HIWwpbzgCu7_a7_ZarLd3Ktm7UM7JhVLJagNLPyQaAsRqEli_Jq5yPUP5CsA35ucNhWmafqhyGJdo54FhhX80HX91EHDNWB1yyP2DsqohuFQzY-ViF8SIbgkvoHY5YXrlyuKTsX5MXvY3Zv_lXr8iPz_vvu9v6_tuXr7ub-9pJ0HPdaK2d1Fxr6nzfNcCUp8Bkq1gnnbNCMW1BCU4leOoE54w99KxvO9pY9yD4Ffm45k4Jfy0-z-ZY-o-lpWFcMsWFVkV0vYrKoDkn35sphcGmk6Fgzscz5-MZrgw1sjXN2XG7OpKfvHuUH72_xEfz23Bb9NyeCkqCLCUU0IKp4BJjDvNQot6vUT6Fp6T9XQOt5rLQH1b6mGdMjzwHEGV6VvhPKx_GHtNg_2CKnZntKWLqkx1dyIb_f413q7kL09PSqmUCGP8L4b6pxQ</recordid><startdate>2005</startdate><enddate>2005</enddate><creator>Bolton, Roger E</creator><general>Heldref</general><general>Heldref Publications</general><general>Heldref Publications, Helen Dwight Reid Educational Foundation</general><general>Helen Dwight Reid Foundation</general><general>Taylor & Francis Inc</general><scope>9S6</scope><scope>7SW</scope><scope>BJH</scope><scope>BNH</scope><scope>BNI</scope><scope>BNJ</scope><scope>BNO</scope><scope>ERI</scope><scope>PET</scope><scope>REK</scope><scope>WWN</scope><scope>DKI</scope><scope>X2L</scope><scope>AAYXX</scope><scope>CITATION</scope><scope>0-V</scope><scope>0U~</scope><scope>1-H</scope><scope>3V.</scope><scope>7WY</scope><scope>7WZ</scope><scope>7XB</scope><scope>87Z</scope><scope>88B</scope><scope>8A4</scope><scope>8AO</scope><scope>8FK</scope><scope>8FL</scope><scope>8G5</scope><scope>ABUWG</scope><scope>AFKRA</scope><scope>ALSLI</scope><scope>AZQEC</scope><scope>BEC</scope><scope>BENPR</scope><scope>BEZIV</scope><scope>CCPQU</scope><scope>CJNVE</scope><scope>DWQXO</scope><scope>FRNLG</scope><scope>F~G</scope><scope>GNUQQ</scope><scope>GUQSH</scope><scope>K60</scope><scope>K6~</scope><scope>L.-</scope><scope>L.0</scope><scope>M0C</scope><scope>M0P</scope><scope>M2O</scope><scope>MBDVC</scope><scope>PADUT</scope><scope>PQBIZ</scope><scope>PQBZA</scope><scope>PQEDU</scope><scope>PQEST</scope><scope>PQQKQ</scope><scope>PQUKI</scope><scope>PRINS</scope><scope>PYYUZ</scope><scope>Q9U</scope><scope>S0X</scope></search><sort><creationdate>2005</creationdate><title>Computer simulation of the Alonso household location model in the microeconomics course</title><author>Bolton, Roger E</author></sort><facets><frbrtype>5</frbrtype><frbrgroupid>cdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-c508t-7888c583881cefd7026e1025962d5cca4628a0643150e1c43322bf2f9d17acb43</frbrgroupid><rsrctype>articles</rsrctype><prefilter>articles</prefilter><language>eng</language><creationdate>2005</creationdate><topic>Alonso model</topic><topic>Basic Skills</topic><topic>Commuting</topic><topic>Computer Simulation</topic><topic>Consumer Science</topic><topic>Costs</topic><topic>Didaktik</topic><topic>Economic Instruction</topic><topic>Economic models</topic><topic>Economics Education</topic><topic>Education</topic><topic>Employment</topic><topic>Equilibrium</topic><topic>Expenditures</topic><topic>Geographic Location</topic><topic>Homework</topic><topic>Households</topic><topic>Instructional Effectiveness</topic><topic>Labor economics</topic><topic>Land Use</topic><topic>Learning</topic><topic>Marginal costs</topic><topic>Materials handling</topic><topic>Mathematical functions</topic><topic>Microeconomic modeling</topic><topic>Microeconomics</topic><topic>Modeling</topic><topic>Place of Residence</topic><topic>Prices</topic><topic>Public finance</topic><topic>Realism</topic><topic>Simulation</topic><topic>Statistical data</topic><topic>Students</topic><topic>Studies</topic><topic>Studium</topic><topic>Tax Rates</topic><topic>Teacher Effectiveness</topic><topic>Teachers</topic><topic>Teaching</topic><topic>Teaching Methods</topic><topic>teaching microeconomics</topic><topic>Theorie</topic><topic>Time on Task</topic><topic>Transportation</topic><topic>Transportation economics</topic><topic>Undergraduate Students</topic><topic>Urban economics</topic><topic>Utility functions</topic><topic>Variables</topic><topic>Wirtschaftswissenschaft</topic><topic>Wohnort</topic><topic>Wohnumgebung</topic><toplevel>peer_reviewed</toplevel><toplevel>online_resources</toplevel><creatorcontrib>Bolton, Roger E</creatorcontrib><collection>FIS Bildung Literaturdatenbank</collection><collection>ERIC</collection><collection>ERIC (Ovid)</collection><collection>ERIC</collection><collection>ERIC</collection><collection>ERIC (Legacy Platform)</collection><collection>ERIC( SilverPlatter )</collection><collection>ERIC</collection><collection>ERIC PlusText (Legacy Platform)</collection><collection>Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)</collection><collection>ERIC</collection><collection>RePEc IDEAS</collection><collection>RePEc</collection><collection>CrossRef</collection><collection>ProQuest Social Sciences Premium Collection</collection><collection>Global News & ABI/Inform Professional</collection><collection>Trade PRO</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (Corporate)</collection><collection>ABI/INFORM Collection</collection><collection>ABI/INFORM Global (PDF only)</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (purchase pre-March 2016)</collection><collection>ABI/INFORM Global (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>Education Database (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>Education Periodicals</collection><collection>ProQuest Pharma Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (Alumni) (purchase pre-March 2016)</collection><collection>ABI/INFORM Collection (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>Research Library (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>ProQuest Central UK/Ireland</collection><collection>Social Science Premium Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Central Essentials</collection><collection>eLibrary</collection><collection>ProQuest Central</collection><collection>Business Premium Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest One Community College</collection><collection>Education Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Central Korea</collection><collection>Business Premium Collection (Alumni)</collection><collection>ABI/INFORM Global (Corporate)</collection><collection>ProQuest Central Student</collection><collection>Research Library Prep</collection><collection>ProQuest Business Collection (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>ProQuest Business Collection</collection><collection>ABI/INFORM Professional Advanced</collection><collection>ABI/INFORM Professional Standard</collection><collection>ABI/INFORM Global</collection><collection>Education Database (ProQuest)</collection><collection>Research Library</collection><collection>Research Library (Corporate)</collection><collection>Research Library China</collection><collection>One Business (ProQuest)</collection><collection>ProQuest One Business (Alumni)</collection><collection>ProQuest One Education</collection><collection>ProQuest One Academic Eastern Edition (DO NOT USE)</collection><collection>ProQuest One Academic</collection><collection>ProQuest One Academic UKI Edition</collection><collection>ProQuest Central China</collection><collection>ABI/INFORM Collection China</collection><collection>ProQuest Central Basic</collection><collection>SIRS Editorial</collection><jtitle>The Journal of economic education</jtitle></facets><delivery><delcategory>Remote Search Resource</delcategory><fulltext>fulltext</fulltext></delivery><addata><au>Bolton, Roger E</au><format>journal</format><genre>article</genre><ristype>JOUR</ristype><ericid>EJ709835</ericid><atitle>Computer simulation of the Alonso household location model in the microeconomics course</atitle><jtitle>The Journal of economic education</jtitle><date>2005</date><risdate>2005</risdate><volume>36</volume><issue>1</issue><spage>59</spage><epage>76</epage><pages>59-76</pages><issn>0022-0485</issn><eissn>2152-4068</eissn><coden>JEEDBN</coden><abstract>Computer simulation of the Alonso household location model can enrich the intermediate microeconomics course. The model includes decisions on location, land space, and other goods and is a valuable complement to the usual textbook model of household consumption. It has three decision variables, one of which is a "bad," and one good's price is a nonlinear function of another decision variable. These instructive complications are easily within the grasp of students. The simulation illustrates algebraic utility functions that are important in later courses. The author describes ways to simulate various versions of the model, from relatively simple to advanced, including a version that incorporates time-allocation decisions, thus giving the instructor flexibility in teaching students of varying ability.</abstract><cop>Washington</cop><pub>Heldref</pub><doi>10.3200/JECE.36.1.59-76</doi><tpages>18</tpages></addata></record> |
| fulltext | fulltext |
| identifier | ISSN: 0022-0485 |
| ispartof | The Journal of economic education, 2005, Vol.36 (1), p.59-76 |
| issn | 0022-0485 2152-4068 |
| language | eng |
| recordid | cdi_dipf_primary_692402 |
| source | RePEc; EBSCOhost Business Source Complete; JSTOR Archive Collection A-Z Listing; EBSCOhost Education Source |
| subjects | Alonso model Basic Skills Commuting Computer Simulation Consumer Science Costs Didaktik Economic Instruction Economic models Economics Education Education Employment Equilibrium Expenditures Geographic Location Homework Households Instructional Effectiveness Labor economics Land Use Learning Marginal costs Materials handling Mathematical functions Microeconomic modeling Microeconomics Modeling Place of Residence Prices Public finance Realism Simulation Statistical data Students Studies Studium Tax Rates Teacher Effectiveness Teachers Teaching Teaching Methods teaching microeconomics Theorie Time on Task Transportation Transportation economics Undergraduate Students Urban economics Utility functions Variables Wirtschaftswissenschaft Wohnort Wohnumgebung |
| title | Computer simulation of the Alonso household location model in the microeconomics course |
| url | https://sfx.bib-bvb.de/sfx_tum?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&ctx_tim=2025-01-07T07%3A56%3A03IST&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=infofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rfr_id=info:sid/primo.exlibrisgroup.com:primo3-Article-jstor_dipf_&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Computer%20simulation%20of%20the%20Alonso%20household%20location%20model%20in%20the%20microeconomics%20course&rft.jtitle=The%20Journal%20of%20economic%20education&rft.au=Bolton,%20Roger%20E&rft.date=2005&rft.volume=36&rft.issue=1&rft.spage=59&rft.epage=76&rft.pages=59-76&rft.issn=0022-0485&rft.eissn=2152-4068&rft.coden=JEEDBN&rft_id=info:doi/10.3200/JECE.36.1.59-76&rft_dat=%3Cjstor_dipf_%3E30042632%3C/jstor_dipf_%3E%3Curl%3E%3C/url%3E&disable_directlink=true&sfx.directlink=off&sfx.report_link=0&rft_id=info:oai/&rft_pqid=235263486&rft_id=info:pmid/&rft_ericid=EJ709835&rft_jstor_id=30042632&rfr_iscdi=true |