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Top earners

Students take on the role of members of a board of directors and try to employ the best managers available. They discover how salaries at management level are determined and how they are influenced.

Updated

25 January 2010

Level

Easy

Keywords
Experiment, labour income, labour market, leverage, market value, salaries at management level, winner-takes-all

Documents

  • Information for teachers(135 KB)http://www.iconomix.ch/fileadmin/docs/alc/en/a020_top-earners_information.pdf
  • Slides for teachers(306 KB)http://www.iconomix.ch/fileadmin/docs/alc/en/a020_top-earners_slides_teacher.pdf
  • Form for teachers(64 KB)http://www.iconomix.ch/fileadmin/docs/alc/en/a020_top-earners_form_teacher.pdf
  • Worksheet(85 KB)http://www.iconomix.ch/fileadmin/docs/alc/en/a020_top-earners_worksheet.pdf

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Credits for «Top earners» element

  • Concept
    • Alexander W. Hunziker
      in cooperation with iconomix
    Design of printed material
    Translation & proofreading
    • Cliona Coyne, SNB
    • Martina von Arx, SNB
    • Alison Spurway, SNB

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