Vorlesung Experimental Economics (Summer 2011)
Diplom students can take
MW 24.2 - Quantitative Economics I as equivalent to this lecture.
At the end of the lecture an exam in Experimental Economics can be written.
- Schedule
- Lecture: Wed. 8:15-9:45, Carl-Zeiss-Str. 3, SR 122
Exercises: Fri. 10:15-11:45, August Bebel Str. 4, , SR 115 (Kirsten Häger)
- Exam
- Fr. 8.7.2011, 10:15-11:15, AB4, SR 115
- Prerequisites
- The lecture "MW 26.1 - Approaches to Economic Science" is recommended
- Outline:
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- Introduction. A brief history of experimental economics.
- The relation among theory / experiment / field data
- Implementation of experiments
- Interpreting experimental data
- Individual decisions and risk
- Bargaining
- Coordination
- Public goods, cooperation
- Industrial organisation
- Auctions
- Monetary- and fiscal policy
- Literature:
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- J. H. Kagel and A. E. Roth, The Handbook of
Experimental Economics, Princeton University Press, 1995.
- Daniel Friedman, Shyam Sunder, Experimental Methods: A
Primer for Economists, Cambridge Univ Press, 1994
- Douglas D. Davis and Charles A. Holt, Experimental
Economics, Princeton University Press
- Handout
- Past exams
