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Unit 2
Economic Models

Reading
Read Ch. 2 "Economic Models"

Topics
Factors of Production
Supply and Demand
Production Possibilities curve
Using Excel in class
U.S. Gov't sources of revenue
Report on your "Travel Budgets"

Labs
"World Oil Supremacy" - a classroom experiment on cartels and human behavior
"Risk and Reward Game" - a classroom simulation in stock & bond portfolio allocation
Below: If consumers were persuaded by Chick-fil-A to eat more chicken and less beef, would the cattle population increase or decrease? Be careful, the answer might not be obvious...
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2._economic_models_homework_questions.docx
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2._yeti_coolers_assignment1.docx
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Wall Street Journal article on YETI Coolers
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Lecture slides from class
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Paying "Duck Dynasty" to feature your coolers on their show is a technique known as "Product Placement"
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