Learning Undergraduate Microeconomics by Reading the Masters

30 Pages Posted: 14 Aug 2010

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Modest Fluvià

University of Girona - Department of Economics

Ricard Rigall-I-Torrent

University of Girona - Department of Economics

Date Written: July 27, 2010

Abstract

The article presents an experience developed with upper undergraduate microeconomics students which consists of reading selected classical articles on key microeconomics topics rather than attending typical lectures. The paper has two main goals. First, to give a detailed account of the structure for an upper-intermediate microeconomics course based on students reading original research articles. The presentation emphasizes the aspects which may help instructors when implementing the approach to other courses. Second, in order to evaluate the proposed method, the paper determines whether student learning improves with such an approach. Besides, the paper’s results also allow instructors to determine what kind of article is more appropriate for upper-undergraduate students in microeconomics.

Keywords: research articles, teaching, active learning

JEL Classification: A22, D00

Suggested Citation

Fluvià, Modest and Rigall-I-Torrent, Ricard, Learning Undergraduate Microeconomics by Reading the Masters (July 27, 2010). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1658199 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1658199

Modest Fluvià

University of Girona - Department of Economics ( email )

Campus de Montilivi
Girona, Girona 17071
Spain

Ricard Rigall-I-Torrent (Contact Author)

University of Girona - Department of Economics ( email )

Campus de Montilivi
Girona, Girona 17071
Spain

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