Workshop on Teaching Economics
with Computerized Experiments

Held in conjunction with the
71st Midwest Economics Association Annual Meeting
at the Minneapolis Hilton
Room Conrad D

Thursday, March 22, 2007, 8:15 AM-5:00 PM
(MEA sessions begin on March 23)

Time  
8:15 – 9:00 Continental breakfast
9:00 – 9:30 Introduction to Experimental Economics, its role in teaching, and EconPort
9:30 – 10:30 Homegrown Demand and Supply experiments
10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 12:00 Competitive market experiments
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 2:00 A taxation experiment, and discussion of other market experiment variations (price controls, alternative trading institutions, market power).
2:00 – 2:45 Public goods experiments
2:45 – 3:00 Break
3:00 – 3:45 Game theory experiments
3:45 – 4:45 Practice setting up computerized experiments
4:45 – 5:00 Conclusion

 

2007 Minneapolis Workshop Participants