Economics

The case method can be a powerful tool to teach economic concepts and frameworks. Topics in this section cover a wide range of real-life examples from around the world on a host of issues including infrastructure, trade, taxation, regulation and development.

  • Teaching Case - SAGASCO Holdings Limited

    SAGASCO Holdings Limited

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    Publication Date: August 01, 1998

    In the summer of 1993, Australia's Trade Practices Commission was considering whether or not to permanently enjoin Santos Limited from acquiring SAGASCO Holdings Limited. This merger was potentially of enormous significance, since Santos was the...

  • Teaching Case - The US-USSR Grain Agreement

    The US-USSR Grain Agreement

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    Publication Date: August 01, 1998

    In July, 1975, top White House economic officials in the Ford Administration receive information that the Soviet Union, in the face of a disappointing grain harvest, might seek to purchase large amounts of wheat and corn from US suppliers. This...

  • Teaching Case - Buenos Aires-Colonia Bridge (Sequel)

    Buenos Aires-Colonia Bridge (Sequel)

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    Publication Date: August 01, 1998

    This case recounts the work of a special Argentina-Uruguay bi-national commission convened to examine the economics of a proposed bridge that would link the two countries. The bridge being considered by commission officials in the spring of 1996...

  • Teaching Case - Philanthropy Industry Note: Corporate Philanthropy (D)

    Philanthropy Industry Note: Corporate Philanthropy (D)

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    Publication Date: July 01, 1998

    This series of contextual essays provides an overview of the history and status of philanthropic giving in the United States. Drawing on federal tax-based data, reports of the National Commission on Philanthropy and Civic Renewal, the American...

  • Teaching Case - Capitalization: The Politics of Privatization in Bolivia

    Capitalization: The Politics of Privatization in Bolivia

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    Publication Date: January 01, 1998

    In this case, the president of Bolivia and a team of officials grapple with questions of how to set up a model for privatizing a number of state-owned enterprises. In the 1980s, Bolivia, like most other Latin American countries, embraced a more...

  • Teaching Case - Targeted Jobs Tax Credit

    Targeted Jobs Tax Credit

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    Publication Date: January 01, 1997

    This case describes the 1994 debate over whether to extend the Targeted Jobs Tax Credit, a provision of the U.S. tax code designed to provide an incentive for employers to hire "disadvantaged" workers. It invites discussion of both the issue...