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.

  • Classic Case - The Urban League and the Youth Subminimum Wage

    The Urban League and the Youth Subminimum Wage

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    Publication Date: January 01, 1986

    In the spring of 1984, despite the economy's spectacular recovery from a severe recession, teenage unemployment remained a major problem: 19.4 percent of all teenagers and 44.8 percent of black youth, were jobless. At the urging of the Reagan...

  • Teaching Case - Note on Competitive Bypass

    Note on Competitive Bypass

    $3.95

    Publication Date: January 01, 1986

    In 1986, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), a private utility company serving most of northern and central California, was facing the loss of many of its biggest and best customers. The threat came not from conservation, general economic...

  • Classic Case - Cable Wars (Sequel)

    Cable Wars (Sequel)

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    Publication Date: January 01, 1986

    Set just before congressional deregulation of cable television in 1984, this economics and policy case offers students a chance to grapple with the question of whether local regulation of cable television is appropriate. It begins with a brief...

  • Classic Case - Cable Wars

    Cable Wars

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    Publication Date: January 01, 1986

    Set just before congressional deregulation of cable television in 1984, this economics and policy case offers students a chance to grapple with the question of whether local regulation of cable television is appropriate. It begins with a brief...

  • Teaching Case - India Milk (B)

    India Milk (B)

    $3.95

    Publication Date: January 01, 1986

    In October 1964, Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri visited Amul, a village-based dairy cooperative that produced, processed, and distributed high quality dairy products. Impressed with its achievements, Shastri proposed making Amul a...

  • Teaching Case - India Milk (A)

    India Milk (A)

    $3.95

    Publication Date: January 01, 1986

    In October 1964, Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri visited Amul, a village-based dairy cooperative that produced, processed, and distributed high quality dairy products. Impressed with its achievements, Shastri proposed making Amul a...

  • Teaching Case - Ruckelshaus and Acid Rain

    Ruckelshaus and Acid Rain

    $3.95

    Publication Date: January 01, 1986

    After being publicly charged by President Reagan to meet the problem of acid rain "head-on," the new EPA administrator spent much of his first six months in office tackling the issue. This case examines the political and management strategies he...

  • Teaching Case - Competitive Bypass of Pacific Gas & Electric

    Competitive Bypass of Pacific Gas & Electric

    $3.95

    Publication Date: January 01, 1986

    In 1986, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), a private utility company serving most of northern and central California, was facing the loss of many of its biggest and best customers. The threat came not from conservation, general economic...

  • Teaching Case - California Water Pricing

    California Water Pricing

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    Publication Date: January 01, 1986

    In many parts of California, water districts set prices so that agricultural users pay far less than residential users and far less than the true cost of water. While the adoption of a marginal cost pricing system would bring enormous efficiency...

  • Teaching Case - Saving the Tuolumne (Sequel)

    Saving the Tuolumne (Sequel)

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    Publication Date: January 01, 1986

    In April 1983, the City and County of San Francisco and two irrigation districts in Merced and Stanislaus counties commissioned a feasibility study of their long-standing proposal to dam the Tuolumne River for power and water. At the same time,...

  • Teaching Case - Saving the Tuolumne

    Saving the Tuolumne

    $3.95

    Publication Date: January 01, 1986

    In April 1983, the City and County of San Francisco and two irrigation districts in Merced and Stanislaus counties commissioned a feasibility study of their long-standing proposal to dam the Tuolumne River for power and water. At the same time,...

  • Teaching Case - Controlling Acid Rain, 1986

    Controlling Acid Rain, 1986

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    Publication Date: January 01, 1986

    This case is designed to support a discussion of how to apply an economic evaluation of the appropriate level of control of an externality to a real problem with incomplete information of uncertain quality and high political stakes. It sketches...