Macroeconomics II
Philip Leatherwood, Lecturer
Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics, and Strategic Planning
10 April, 2001
Case Study Assignment: ____________________________
You have been given a sample case study—produced last semester by one of KIMEP's MBA students. We are going to use that case study as a model for developing similar exercises in Macroeconomics. Perhaps future Macro students will be able to use your work as a tool for learning economics. In any case, it should help you to make good intuitive sense of your topic, both in the context of other concepts we have covered and in applying these concepts to Kazakhstan's economy. If you would like to see other samples, more are available at the Economics for Managers web site--
http://www.geocities.com/philipleatherwood/managersindex.html –and in a few texts at the library, particularly Mansfield's Microeconomic Problems.Requirements:
1. Give a complete but concise description of the assigned concept and a historical example of how it has been applied or observed.
2. The application or observation should—when possible—come from Kazakhstan or another former Soviet Republic. If that is not possible, include a hypothetical case for Kazakhstan.
3. Include a variety of question types—multiple choice, problems, short answer, true/false. Be inventive. Create word games or design a puzzle.
4. Complete in digital form and turn in on a floppy disk or send by email.
5. Due 24 April.