Economics · Macroeconomics

Stretch the Frontier: Economic Growth & the PPF

A macroeconomics strategy simulation. As the planner of Novara, allocate resources between consumer and capital goods, move to the frontier, push it outward through investment, absorb a tech shock, and commit to a long-run growth strategy.

5 rounds MBA & Masters English, Español

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About this simulation

A macroeconomics strategy simulation. As the planner of Novara, allocate resources between consumer and capital goods, move to the frontier, push it outward through investment, absorb a tech shock, and commit to a long-run growth strategy. Teaches the PPF, opportunity cost, short-run vs long-run growth, and sources of growth.

Who it is for

An intermediate simulation for participants who already know the core concepts of the subject, designed for master's and MBA programmes.

How a session runs

  1. The instructor creates a session from the Eureka dashboard and invites the participants.
  2. Participants play 5 rounds. In each one they submit their decisions and the simulation calculates the results.
  3. The simulation can be run in English, Español.
  4. The instructor follows each participant's progress and results from the dashboard, and uses the class results for the debrief.

Decisions participants make

The decisions participants make during the simulation:

  • Target capacity utilisation (%)
  • Allocation to capital goods (%)
  • 10-year growth strategy
  • Defend your choice (20+ characters)

What participants track

What participants follow on screen as the rounds go by:

  • Policy Decisions

Subjects covered

Designed for courses in Macroeconomics.

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