Students' Guide - Contents - Floor by Floor

There is also a site map that may help you to see the overall structure of the site.

Floor	Rooms	Contents
Ground floor	Chancellor's Office	General advice on running the economy and economic targets.
	Information	A students' guide, a teachers' guide, details about the model and details of the organisations involved in creating the Virtual Economy.
1st floor - Case Studies	People	Case studies looking at the effects of a variety of policies on families with different income levels.
	Business	Case studies looking at the effect of different policies on five very different firms.
	Government	Case studies looking at the sort of policies that governments of different political complexions may adopt.
2nd floor - Economic Policy	Advisors	General advice on running the economy and more specific advice on fiscal and monetary policy.
	Policy tools	The main policy tools are income tax, VAT (and other indirect taxes), government expenditure and interest rates. For each policy tool there is an explanation, relevant theories and worksheets.
	Outcomes	The main policy tools are unemployment, inflation, economic growth, the PSNCR and the debt ratio. For each outcome there is an explanation, relevant theories and worksheets.
3rd floor - Library	Economists	In this room there is full information on a variety of economists; biographies, details of their work, theories and policies. You can choose from a timeline.
	Theory	In this room there are full details of Neo-classical, Keynesian and Monetarist theory.
	Glossary	A full glossary of all economic terms used in the Virtual Economy. Clicking on the book icon anywhere in the site will take you to the glossary.