Does more calculus improve student learning in intermediate micro- and macroeconomic theory?
使用有序probit选择偏差校正模型，估计第二学期微积分对中级经济理论课程成绩的影响，发现对中级微观有约一个字母等级的提高，但对中级宏观无显著影响。
Using a selection bias correction model with ordered probit, we estimate how a second semester of calculus affects students' grades in intermediate economic theory. Selection bias correction is needed because similar aptitudes and interests often lead students to enroll and do well in both mathematics and economics. A sample of students enrolled in 49 classes of intermediate micro and 41 classes of intermediate macro is used to estimate the model. The results show a predicted payoff from a second semester of calculus of about one whole letter grade in intermediate micro, but no payoff in intermediate macro. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.