Economics

Amanda Gregg and Tanya Byker (Middlebury College)
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (on Github)
This website is an interactive educational application developed to simulate and visualize various statistical concepts: law of large numbes, central limit theorem, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, ANOVA, joint distributions, least squares, sample distribution of OLS estimators, The OLS Estimators arec consistent, Omitted variable bias and Multiple Regression.
Online, Code on Github,
Includes: Instructional materials and video walkthroughs
Suggested for:
ECO 2150 Probability and Statistics for Economists (3 units)

Lumen Learning
Introductory course to macroeconomics.
CC BY-SA 4.0
Includes: quiz files and lecture slides
Suggested for:
ECO 1104 Introduction to Microeconomics (3 units)
ECO 2118 Introduction to Environmental and Natural Resources Economics (3 units)
ECO 2121 Introduction to International Economics (3 units)
ECO 2123 Introduction to Health Economics (3 units)

Thomas W. Kerlin (University of Tennessee)
2013
CC BY 4.0
How can we produce enough sustainable energy while avoiding unacceptable environmental consequences? To evaluate the various energy options, we must understand the science of each potential energy source and energy use technology. This book presents the science in an easy-to-understand way to enable readers to make informed decisions about what is possible and practical, and to choose lifestyle options to implement in their personal lives.
Suggested for:
ECO 2118 Introduction to Environmental and Natural Resources Economics (3 units)

Todd Thexton (Royal Roads University)
2021
CC BY 4.0
This open online course introduces participants to the financial risks and impacts associated with climate change. This four-week course introduces participants to the financial risks and impacts associated with climate change. Participants will explore a range of risk pathways that link climate and economic systems, including:
• physical risks related to direct exposure to climate hazards in the value chain;
• transition risks arising from abrupt transitions to a low-carbon economy;
• systemic risks transmitted throughout the economy;
• extreme risks arising from the complex dynamic nature of climate-economy systems.
As an introductory course, this course is suited to those with limited previous experience in climate-related finance or economics. However, a basic understanding of climate science is presumed.
Suggested for:
ECO 2118 Introduction to Environmental and Natural Resources Economics (3 units)

This book is an adaptation of Principles of Microeconomics originally published by OpenStax. This adapted version has been reorganized into eight topics and expanded to include over 200 multiple choice questions, examples, eight case studies including questions and solutions, and over 200 editable figures.
Suggested for:
ECO 1104 Introduction to Microeconomics (3 units)

The Second Edition of Economics of Food and Agricultural Markets is written for applied intermediate microeconomics courses. The book showcases the power of economic principles to explain and predict issues and current events in the food, agricultural, agribusiness, international trade, labor markets, and natural resource sectors. The field of agricultural economics is relevant, important and interesting. The study of market structures, also called industrial organization, provides powerful, timely, and useful tools for any individual or group making personal choices, business decisions, or public policies in food and agricultural industries.
Readers will benefit from a large number of real-world examples and applications of the economic concepts under discussion. The book introduces economic principles in a succinct and reader-friendly format, providing students and instructors with a clear, up-to-date, and straightforward approach to learning how a market-based economy functions, and how to use simple economic principles for improved decision making. The principles are applied to timely, interesting, and important real-world issues through words, graphs, and simple algebra and calculus. This book is intended for students who study agricultural economics, microeconomics, rural development and/or environmental policy.
Suggested for:
ECO 2145 Microeconomic Theory II (3 units)

Brenda Gunderson, University of Michigan
Revised September 2015
CC BY NC SA 3.0
Statistics is the science that turns data into information and information into knowledge.
This class covers applied statistical methodology from an analysis-of-data viewpoint. Topics covered include frequency distributions; measures of location; mean, median, mode; measures of dispersion; variance; graphic presentation; elementary probability; populations and samples; sampling distributions; one sample univariate inference problems, and two sample problems; categorical data; regression and correlation; and analysis of variance. Use of computers in data analysis is also explored.
Suggested for:
ECO 2150 Probability and Statistics for Economists (3 units)

Anya Hageman and Pauline Galoustian (Queen’s University)
CC BY 4.0
In this text we are going to explore the economic history and economic potential of Indigenous peoples in Canada. What institutional arrangements hold them back economically and what institutions assist them going forward? What norms do Indigenous communities hold that inform their priorities and economic behavior? Chapters 1 and 2 introduce the Indigenous Peoples of Canada – First Nations, Métis and Inuit – and their current demographic and income statistics. Chapters 3-12 describe their cultures, economies and geopolitics up until the late twentieth century. Chapters 13 and 14 discuss how discrimination against minorities can be modeled and measured. Finally, Chapters 15+ describe present-day issues in the economic development of Indigenous communities.
Suggested for
ECO 1103 Economic Issues of Indigenous Peoples (3 units)

Zhen He
CC BY NC 4.0
This open resource question bank provides problem sets for students of Intermediate Microeconomics. Questions are also created using H5P, which will allow students to check their understanding of theories efficiently. This question bank can be a supplementary resource for instructors to create interactive quizzes, assignments, exams, and discussion questions. Problem sets are related to the following topics: demand and supply, consumer theory, theory of firm and production, price and output determination under competition and monopoly, and market power analysis.
Suggested for
ECO 2144 Microeconomic Theory I (3 units)
ECO 2145 Microeconomic Theory II (3 units)

This page offers you details on:
- What are OER?
- What can be done with an OER?
- The benefits of OER
- Finding OER
etc.