Interactive visualisation of income inequality and wealth inequality data for the UK. As the reader steps through, the site asks them to choose a desirable level of income inequality between the top 5 and bottom 5 percent, then displays the real level of inequality and how it evolved from the 1960s to 2011.
A library of interactive digital activities based on case studies to illustrate situations including negotiation, Prisoners' Dilemmas, and optimisation. Each activity is labelled with an intended duration from 10 to 45 minutes and the software provides an automated debrief. This is a commercial site that charges per learner per activity.
Subscription site with more than 900 quiz questions on introductory econometrics, especially Stata software. The questions come with links and references for further study. A campus licence allows instructors to create and administer customised quizzes, searching by keyword or specifying questions by textbook and chapter. For free, you can try out a quiz of ten randomly-selected questions.
The first edition of this text was published by Cambridge University Press in 2009. The second edition, last updated 2021, is available as a free 765-page PDF download. To accompany the text, the site has a ZIP file of 116 Excel workbooks.
This literature review on Global Value Chains is available as a freely downloadable PDF, with chapters 1 ("Supply Chain Perspectives") and 2 ("Supply Chain Issues") individually downloadable. The early chapters define key terms and introduce how global supply chains are discussed in economic literature and in business literature.
Freely downloadable PDF version of a printed textbook. "The book focuses on the concepts of model and equilibrium. It states models and results precisely, and provides proofs for all results. It uses only elementary mathematics (with almost no calculus), although many of the proofs involve sustained logical arguments. It includes about 150 exercises."
Available in two editions: one uses he/him pronouns throughout; the other uses she/her pronouns.
Set of data visualisations that students can step through to explore inequality within countries. Using data from 1980 to 2014, the tool introduces Lorenz curves and the Gini coefficient, skyscraper plots, and rich/poor income ratios. The display changes in response to the time slider and the users' selection of up to seven countries.
This is a continually-updated site based on an award-winning paper that was published in the International Review of Economics Education. It gives an overview of some teaching methods, lists resources in many different media, suggests class activities and student projects, and has a section on topics for which textbook explanations are usually lacking.
Short articles and pointers for an international audience teaching or learning economics at university level. Launched in 2021 as a section of the Inomics platform, this is regularly updated.
Group of three online games: "Mafia Manager" (a multiplayer economic simulation), "Entrepreneur" (a startup simulation), and "Tycoon" (a business simulation). Entrepreneur is meant to realistically simulate the challenges of running a business. Tycoon is a simulation of a global economy with hundreds of products and thousands of firms. Mafia Manager is more like a role-play game in which players can attack or co-operate with other players. This is a paid-for platform, with monthly, quarterly or annual payment options.
A suite of online simulation games designed for business training, including some designed to teach aspects of economics. Prices run from about $99 to several hundred. The simulations run over 3 to 30 days. They attempt to simulate many aspects of running a business, and the online interface gives feedback on many aspects of the businesses' performance.
Materials from a 2011/12 course for year 2 undergraduates with an existing grasp of matrix algebra and rudimentary statistical inference. The module aims "To deepen and consolidate knowledge of probability and statistics, with a focus on sampling and inference, as they pertain to Econometrics." Ten lecture handouts, separate lecture slides, and some assessment materials, all in PDF format.
