364-1062-00L Experimental Methods
Semester | Herbstsemester 2018 |
Dozierende | C. Waibel |
Periodizität | jährlich wiederkehrende Veranstaltung |
Lehrsprache | Englisch |
Kurzbeschreibung | This course introduces PhD students into the principles of experimental methods and outlines how to prepare, conduct and evaluate an experiment. |
Lernziel | This course aims to prepare PhD students for conducting their own experiment. |
Inhalt | 1. Introduction: What are economic experiments and why to use them? 2. Principles of economic experiments: Validity, control and limits. 3. Choice of experimental design: Subjects, repetition, matching, payment. 4. Conducting experiments: Instructions, testing, recruiting, sessions. 5. Measuring techniques: Eliciting beliefs, risk attitudes, social preferences. 6. Evaluating experimental data: A short overview. |
Literatur | Books: - Bardsley et. al (2009): Experimental Economics: Rethinking the Rules, New Jersey, Princeton University Press. - Friedman & Sunder (1994): Experimental Methods: A Primer for Economists, Melbourne, Cambridge University Press. - Kagel/Roth (1995): Handbook of Experimental Economics, New Jersey, Princeton University Press. Basic Articles: - Roth (1988): Laboratory Experimentation in Economics: A Methodological Overview, Economic Journal, pp. 974-1031. - Smith (1994): Economics in the Laboratory, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 8, pp. 113-131. A readling list with articles for each lecture has been published in Moodle. |
Voraussetzungen / Besonderes | This course is complemented by a course on programming experiments with z-tree. It is not mandatory but recommended to take both courses. |