Workshop on Teaching Economics

with Computerized Experiments

at Georgia State University

June 7-8, 2007, 9:00 AM-5:00 PM

(Continental Breakfast starting at 8:30 AM)


Day 1

Time  
9:00 – 9:30 Introduction
9:30 – 10:30

Homegrown Demand and Supply

10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 12:00
Competitive market experiment and discussion
12:00 – 1:00
Catered lunch
1:00 – 2:00 Clicker Call Market
2:00 – 3:00 Tax incidence/Discussion
3:00 – 3:15
Break
3:00 – 4:00 HandsOn – Using Premade Configurations
4:00 – 5:00

Roundtable


Day 2

Time  
9:00 – 9:15 Welcome
9:15 – 10:00

Price controls/Discussion

10:00 – 10:30 Overview of other features on Marketlink (externalities, institutions, etc.)
10:30 – 10:45
Break
10:45 – 12:00
Hands-On – starting an experiment with others logging on.

12:00 – 1:00
Catered lunch
1:00 – 1:45
Public Goods
1:45 – 2:45 Trust Game
2:45 – 3:00
Break
3:00 – 3:45 Normal Form Games – Prisoners Dilemma
3:45 – 4:00

Overview of other Applications on Econport

4:00 – 5:00 Hands-On – exploring additional features of
the software