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TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessing students
T2 - real-world analyses underpinned by economic theory
AU - Elliott, Caroline Fiona
AU - Balasubramanyam, Vudayagiri Nagabhushanam
PY - 2016/3/4
Y1 - 2016/3/4
N2 - Having highlighted the importance of designing assessments for university economics students that link technical material with practical applications, the paper outlines three such assessments that have been successfully applied with postgraduate and third year undergraduate-level students. The assessments ask students to use their knowledge of economic theories and empirical analyses to propose and debate policy positions or to analyse the strategy decisions of real firms.
AB - Having highlighted the importance of designing assessments for university economics students that link technical material with practical applications, the paper outlines three such assessments that have been successfully applied with postgraduate and third year undergraduate-level students. The assessments ask students to use their knowledge of economic theories and empirical analyses to propose and debate policy positions or to analyse the strategy decisions of real firms.
U2 - 10.1080/23322039.2016.1151171
DO - 10.1080/23322039.2016.1151171
M3 - Journal article
VL - 4
JO - Cogent Economics and Finance
JF - Cogent Economics and Finance
SN - 2332-2039
IS - 1
M1 - 1151171
ER -