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1、ExperimentalEconomics(Economics2040,HBS4160)Instructor:AlRoth(BakerLibrary441,495-5447;and308Littauer,496-0009;aroth@hbs.edu)TA:StephanieHurder(shurder@hbs.edu)Officehours:byappointment(butfeelfreetomakeanappointment!)1Seriesofexperiments•Thiscoursewillbeanintroductiontoexperimentaleconomics,itsme
2、thods,andsomeofthemajorsubjectareasthathavebeenaddressedbylaboratoryexperiments.Aneffortwillbemadetoconcentrateonseriesofexperiments,inordertoseehowexperimentsbuildononeanotherandallowresearcherswithdifferenttheoreticaldispositionstonarrowtherangeofpotentialdisagreement.2Readings•We’llgetalotofour
3、readingsfrom•TheHandbookofExperimentalEconomics,JohnKagelandAlvinE.Roth,editors,PrincetonUniversityPress,1995.•Alsosomefromvolume2…somechaptersalreadyindrafts…•Therewillalsobesupplementaryreadings,asthecourseprogresses.•Coursewebsite(forslides,handouts,links,etc.);http://my.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?
4、keyword=k67241•Mypersonalwebsite:http://kuznets.fas.harvard.edu/~aroth/alroth.html3HandbookVol.2,chapterswithdraftsalreadyavailable6.LearningandtheEconomicsofSmallDecisions,byIdoErevandErnanHaruvy9.Other-regardingpreferences:ASelectiveSurveyofExperimentalResultsbyDavidJ.CooperandJohnH.Kagel.10.Auc
5、tions:ASurveyofExperimentalResearch,1995–2008byJohnH.KagelandDanLevin11.Macroeconomics:ASurveyofLaboratoryResearch,byJohnDuffy12.MarketDesign(Roth)Athttp://kuznets.fas.harvard.edu/~aroth/alroth.html#Handbook4Grading•Themajorclassassignmentwillbetodesignanexperiment.Studentsregisteredforagradeshoul
6、dhaveasubjectareabythemiddleofthesemester,andshouldplantomeetwithmeandStephanieseveraltimesinthesecondhalfofthesemestertodiscussthedevelopmentofadetailedexperimentaldesign.•Iampreparedtoentertaindesignsputtogetherbygroupsofstudents.•Searchingforatopicshouldbeginimmediately.ThenewHandbookchaptersar
7、eagoodsourceofwhathasbeeninterestingtoexperimenterslately,butit’sreallyimportantthatyoufindatopicthatisinterestingtoyou.•Someclasstimemaybedevotedtostudentpresentations.5Howtogetthemostfromthisclass•Thisclasscons
