DRE 7012 Experimental Economics
DRE 7012 Experimental Economics
The aim of the course is to provide participants with a thorough understanding of selected topics in experimental economics. Selection of topics will depend on the instructor of the course.
After taking this course students should be able to design, implement and analyze economic experiments.
Please see English Course Description.
Please see English Course Description.
The course focuses on the methods of experimental economics, and some of the recent applications. Each lecture covers a different subject and illustrates how different experimental techniques are employed. Students will participate in experiments in order to acquire hands on experience.
The class will cover experiments on decision making under risk, bargaining, collective action problems, social norms, political economy, and market behavior. As an important part of the course, we will learn how to program in zTree, a software program particularly useful for running laboratory experiments that require interaction between subjects.
Course structure:
The course is taught in intensively in four days. Each day consists of 8 hours teaching.
Students are required to participate in class – both in discussions and by presenting experimental designs / computer programs for experiments / material from the reading lists.
Computer-based tools: zTree
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Assessments |
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Exam category: Submission Form of assessment: Written submission Weight: 100 Grouping: Individual Duration: 1 Semester(s) Exam code: DRE70121 Grading scale: Pass/fail Resit: Examination when next scheduled course |
Activity | Duration | Comment |
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Group work / Assignments | 73 Hour(s) | Specified learning activities (including reading) |
Student's own work with learning resources | 75 Hour(s) | Autonomous student learning. |
Teaching | 32 Hour(s) |
A course of 1 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of 26-30 hours. Therefore a course of 6 ECTS credits corresponds to a workload of at least 160 hours.