Abstract
The authors present suggestions by graduate students from a range of economics departments for improving the first-year core sequence in economics. The students identified a number of elements that should be added to the core: more training in building microeconomic models, a discussion of the methodological foundations of model-building, more emphasis on institutions to motivate and contextualize macroeconomic models, and greater focus on econometric practice rather than theory. The authors hope that these suggestions will encourage departments to take a fresh look at the content of the first-year core.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 414-417 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Journal of Economic Education |
Volume | 42 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2011 |
Keywords
- Design of core
- Graduate economics
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Education
- Economics and Econometrics