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Soybean Trader: A Microcomputer Simulation of International Agricultural Trade

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Richard A. Levins ,
Earl H. Brown/  and
C. Parr Rosson
Richard A. Levins
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland
Earl H. Brown/
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland
C. Parr Rosson
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Clemson University
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Abstract

Soybean Trader is a microcomputer simulation of international grain trading. The program uses the format of a graphics-oriented game to teach basic economic principles and to stimulate interest in agricultural trade. Profits from trading serve as a score, and competition is encouraged by ranking top scores in Traders' Hall of Fame. Results of tests with adult and youth audiences indicated that the program is an interesting and effective teaching tool.

Keywords

agricultural tradeinternational trademicrocomputer softwaresimulation
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , July 1988 , pp. 153 - 157
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1988

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