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