Workshop on Teaching Economics
with Experiments

at The College of William and Mary,
in Williamsburg, VA

Thursday, May 22, 2008, 8:00 AM-5:00 PM

Time  
9:00 – 9:30 Introduction
9:30 – 10:15 Homegrown Demand and Supply
10:15 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 11:30 Competitive market experiment and discussion
11:30 – 12:00 Taxation experiment
12:00 – 1:00 Catered lunch
1:00 – 1:30 Taxation experiment results and discussion of other market experiment variations (price controls, externalities, institutions, etc.)
1:30 – 2:00 Public goods experiment and discussion
2:00 – 3:00 Normal-form games and Extensive-form games
3:00 – 4:00 Individual hands-on practice with setting up EconPort experiments
4:00 – 5:00 “The Role and Implementation of Classroom Experiments,” a roundtable discussion and concluding remarks

Direction and Maps to William and Mary

The Williamsburg Hospitality House