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AP Microeconomics

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Understand by Doing.

Master individual economic choices through strategic games. From consumer decisions and producer choices to market structures and elasticity, these games teach the behavior that shapes markets.

Unit 1: Basic Economic Concepts

Scarcity and gains from trade. Master absolute advantage, opportunity cost, comparative advantage, and terms of trade.

Unit 1

Trade Routes

Play the International Trade Analyst at Global Dynamics Corp. Execs email production data from global plants — you calculate absolute advantage, opportunity costs, comparative advantage, and evaluate whether proposed trade terms actually benefit the company. Walk away from bad deals.

5 Rounds11 ScenariosAA · OC · CA · Terms of Trade
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Unit 2: Supply & Demand

Apply elasticity — PED, XED, YED, and PES — to real pricing decisions. Learn why the same price hike that saves one company tanks another.

Unit 2

Price Detectives

Play the pricing analyst at Global Dynamics Corp. Read urgent emails from execs across five divisions, pick the right elasticity formula, calculate the coefficient, and recommend HIGH, MARKET, or LOW pricing. Every call swings company revenue up or down.

5 Rounds11 ScenariosPED · XED · YED · PES
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Unit 4: Imperfect Competition & Game Theory

Oligopoly strategy in action — payoff matrices, dominant strategies, Nash equilibrium, and why the prisoner's dilemma makes collusion unstable.

Unit 4.5

Rival Logic

Play the Competitive Intelligence analyst at Global Dynamics Corp. Read each showdown with a rival firm, find the dominant strategies on both sides, click the Nash equilibrium on the payoff matrix, then make the strategic call. Mix of prisoner's dilemmas and win-win coordination games.

5 Rounds11 ScenariosDominant Strategy · Nash · PD
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More Coming Soon

Additional AP Microeconomics games are in development. Check back soon for games exploring production costs, factor markets, and market failure.