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Vassar Scholarship, the institutional repository formerly known as Digital Window, reflects the research and scholarly output of the Vassar College community.  It provides access to a variety of collections, including senior theses and projects across a wide range of disciplines.

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A classroom experiment on exchange rate determination with purchasing power parity

Publication Date
2007-February-01
Document Type
working paper
Authors
Mitchell, David
Rebelein, Robert P.
Schneider, Patricia
Simpson, Nicole B.
Fisher, Eric
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Working Paper
Abstract

We develop a classroom experiment on exchange rate determination appropriate for undergraduate courses in macroeconomics and international economics. Students represent citizens from different countries and need to obtain currency to purchase goods. By participating in a sealed bid auction to...

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Olympe de Gouges and Qiu Jin: The Revolutionary Women of France and China

Publication Date
2013-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Ruther, Jennifer
Department or Program
Independent Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Archive Only
Abstract

The extent to which the reform movements of revolutionary China and France "emancipated" women is difficult to assess. In many ways, French and Chinese women both benefited greatly from the sociopolitical changes wrought by the reformist ideologies of these periods...

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