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South Western Learning: Oligopoly/monopolistic Competition: Kinked Demand Curve
This South-Western College Publishing website describes a situation in which oligopolistic firms vie for competition among consumers.
University of Nebraska Omaha
Ecedweb: Explorations in Supply, Part Ii
In this economics tutorial, you as a producer have to determine how much of a given product you should make.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Law of Supply
If the price of something goes up, companies are willing (and able) to produce more of it.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: The Price of Gasoline: What's Behind It?
In this lesson plan, students investigate the variables that contribute to the cost of gasoline. They learn that while OPEC nations do influence the price of oil and thus the price of gasoline, other factors also influence the price.
Social Science Education Consortium
Ssec: Minimum Wage: Does Raising the Rate Help Young Workers? [Pdf]
This investigation will help students examine issues related to the minimum wage, including: What does economic theory suggest will result in minimum-wage earnings and employment if the minimum wage is increased? Does an increase in the...
University of Nebraska Omaha
Ec Ed Web: The Doughnuts
An economics and literature lesson addressing capital resources, increasing productivity, and research skills. Based on a story by Robert McClosky called The Doughnuts.
University of Minnesota
U Mn: Gender Ratios in Global Migration: Men Who Migrate, Women Who Wait?
This resource uses a text and graph to show how the gender ratio of international migrants - the proportion of male to female migrants - has changed over time. Its goal is to stimulate thinking about shifting gender ratios in global...