Course level

Undergraduate

Faculty

Business, Economics & Law

School

Economics School

Units

2

Duration

One Semester

Class hours

2 Lecture hours
2 Practical or Laboratory hours

Prerequisite

ECON2010 or ECON2400 or ECON2410

Recommended prerequisite

Course enquiries

Dr L. Friesen

This course is not currently offered, please contact the school.

Course description

Experimental economics is concerned with testing economic hypotheses & policies in a laboratory setting. Economic laboratory experiments involve finding out whether or not real people actually behave in the way economic theory predicts. This course will examine a number of topics in economics using experimental methods. Topics covered will include: Individual decision-making, market experiments, behavioural finance, experimental auction markets, public goods experiments, experiments in environmental & resource economics, game theoretic experiments.

Archived offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 1, 2020 (24/02/2020 - 11/07/2020) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2019 (25/02/2019 - 22/06/2019) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2018 (19/02/2018 - 23/06/2018) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2017 (27/02/2017 - 24/06/2017) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2016 (29/02/2016 - 25/06/2016) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2015 (02/03/2015 - 27/06/2015) St Lucia Internal Course Profile