A Characteristics Approach to the Evaluation of Economics Software Packages |
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| Authors: | Keith Lumsden Alex Scott |
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| Institution: | 1. The Esmée Fairbairn Research Centre, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh;2. The Esmée Fairbairn Research Centre |
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| Abstract: | Using the Bloom taxonomy of learning, the authors identify elements of student and instructor interest and then develop characteristics that are useful in analytically evaluating software packages for instruction in economics. They illustrate the technique with the extensively used software package Running the British Economy. |
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| Keywords: | efficient capital markets information aggregation trading |
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