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From Continuous to Discrete: An Alternative Approach to Teaching Consumer Choice

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  • Mark Holmgren

    (Eastern Washington University)

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In many principles of microeconomics courses, the concept of consumer choice is not covered due to its complexity. However, this severely limits students who plan to...

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  • Mark Holmgren, 2017. "From Continuous to Discrete: An Alternative Approach to Teaching Consumer Choice," Journal of Economics Teaching, Journal of Economics Teaching, vol. 2(1), pages 1-13, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:jtc:journl:v:2:y:2017:i:1:p:1-13
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    Cited by:

    1. Stephen Erfle, 2019. "Discussing Substitutes and Complements in an Economics Principles Classroom with Discrete Choice Consumer Utility Tables," Journal of Economics Teaching, Journal of Economics Teaching, vol. 4(2), pages 93-114, December.
    2. Jane E. Ihrig & Scott A. Wolla, 2020. "Let's Close the Gap: Revising Teaching Materials to Reflect How the Federal Reserve Implements Monetary Policy," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2020-092, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
    3. Scott Wolla, 2018. "The Textbook Treatment of Net Exports: Will the Uninformed Reader Understand?," Journal of Economics Teaching, Journal of Economics Teaching, vol. 3(2), pages 232-253, December.
    4. Christopher S. Decker, 2019. "Illustrating the Difference Between a Pigovian Tax and Emissions Fee Using Isoquant and Isocost Geometry," The American Economist, Sage Publications, vol. 64(2), pages 282-292, October.
    5. Christopher S Decker, 2020. "Illustrating the Difference between Emissions Fees and Abatement Subsidies Using Isoquant and Isocost Geometry," Journal of Economics Teaching, Journal of Economics Teaching, vol. 5(1), pages 37-50, May.

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    Keywords

    consumer choice; indifference curves; microeconomics;
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    JEL classification:

    • A21 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - Pre-college
    • A22 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - Undergraduate

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