Workshop on Teaching Economics with Experiments

Morning Session

• Welcome by Maroš Servátka, moderator of the workshop
• Official opening of the workshop by Rudolf Sivák, Rector of University of Economics in Bratislava
• Introduction to classroom experiments and EconPort
• Homegrown demand and supply (hand-run M&M auction)
• Discussion of how the results from this experiment relate to induced costs and values.
• Competitive market experiment
• Presentation of results and how to interpret the data from the market.
• Using pre-set experiments on EconPort.

Lunch Break (on site catering)

Afternoon Session

• Price Control experiment in a double auction market
• Tax Incidence experiment in a double auction market
• Posted offer market experiment
• Monopoly with posted offer
• Participants to practice setting up their own experiments. Participants form small groups to practice setting up and conducting their own experiments.

Morning Session

• Any leftovers from Day 1
• Public goods
• Dominant Strategy normal form game (prisoners dilemma)
• Normal form game with multiple equilibria (coordination). Included in discussion will be applications to macroeconomics.

Lunch Break (on site catering)

Afternoon Session

• Duopoly
• More practice time
• Online community discussion.  Introduce participants to the forum software and how they will be able to share ideas and configurations with us and others online.
• Official closing of the workshop by Rudolf Sivák, Rector of University of Economics in Bratislava

Closing reception