THE COURTROOM COMES TO THE CLASSROOM - ESTIMATING ECONOMIC DAMAGES ASAN INSTRUCTIONAL DEVICE

Authors
HERSCH J VISCUSI WK
Citation
J. Hersch et Wk. Viscusi, THE COURTROOM COMES TO THE CLASSROOM - ESTIMATING ECONOMIC DAMAGES ASAN INSTRUCTIONAL DEVICE, The Journal of economic education, 29(4), 1998, pp. 301
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Education & Educational Research",Economics
Journal title
The Journal of economic education → ACNP
ISSN journal
00220485
Volume
29
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-0485(1998)29:4<301:TCCTTC>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Student teams representing the plaintiff and defense provide calculati ons of economic damages in a classroom trial exercise. Because this ex ercise replicates actual activities by economists in trial settings, i t is a credible exercise for motivating economics students in general and prelaw students in particular.