FALL 2000
This information effective for Fall 2000.
Check with instructor the first day of class for any changes.
Instructor(s): Dan Friedman
Fall 2000
e-mail: dan@cats
Economics 165 introduces students to experimental economics. The course covers basic laboratory technique and surveys recent applications of experimental methods to fields such as industrial organization, monetary theory, social choice, asset markets, game theory and individual choice.
The class is geared especially to upper-division economics majors, although other interested students are invited to attend. Enrollment is limited to 24 students to allow maximum student participation and personal attention. Readings and student projects will be emphasized and exams will be de-emphasized in this seminar-style course.
Student projects from previous classes (most recently Winter 1995) included laboratory investigations of pollution permit trading procedures, intergenerational conflict in social security reform, work incentives, liability rules, local public goods, court settlements, evolutionary games, money demand, international policy coordination, asset markets, monopoly pricing and risky choice. This year students might to investigate questions in electronic commerce, such as the relative efficiency of B2B auction formats.
A number of students have won campus-wide undergraduate research awards for work stemming from this class, and many other students found the experience advantageous in getting into graduate school or research jobs.
Don't miss this opportunity to learn an exciting new approach to empirical economics and to pursue your own interests in economics in a small, informal class. To reserve a spot, email a short note to dan@cats before June 15.