| Sample Course Outline |
Beat The Market Online Simulation |
ASSIGN SIMULATION EXERCISES
(Automatically Graded) |
ASSIGN SIMULATION GAMES
(Automatically Graded) |
| Overview & Firm Goals |
Introduction Exercise |
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| Fundamentals: Decision-making, risks, & marginal analysis |
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Pre-test: Monopoly game level 3 - decisions: price, advertising, production, and plant size. |
| Demand & Supply Basics |
Market Equilibrium Exercise |
Pre-test: Perfect Competition level 3 |
| Demand Theory |
Law of Demand Exercise Shifts in Demand Exercise |
Pre-test: Monopolistic Competition level 3 |
| Demand Elasticity |
Price Elasticity Exercise |
Pre-test: Oligopoly level 3 |
| Demand Estimation and Forcasting |
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Play Monopoly game level 3; export data to EXCEL and report on statistical estimate of demand (time series and cross section data) |
| Production Theory |
Short-run Production Exercise
Long-run Production Exercise |
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| Production Estimation |
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Play Monopolistic Competition game level 3; export data to EXCEL and report on statistical estimation of production function |
| Cost Theory |
Short-run Cost Exercise
Long-run Cost Exercise |
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| Cost Estimation |
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Play Oligopoly game level 3; export data to EXCEL and report on statistical estimation of cost function |
| Firm in Perfect Competition |
Short-run Perfect Competition Exercise Long-run Perfect Competition Exercise |
Test: Perfect Competition Game level 2 - only production & plant size |
| Monopoly |
Revenue Exercise Short-run Monopoly Exercise |
Test: Monopoly Game – Level 3 |
| Monopolistic Competition |
Short-run Monopolistic Competition Exercise |
Test: Monopolistic Competition Game level 3 |
| Oligopoly & Gaming Theory |
Short-run Oligopoly Exercise |
Test: Oligopoly Game level 3 |