Course level

Undergraduate

Faculty

Business, Economics & Law

School

Economics School

Units

2

Duration

One Semester

Delivery mode

Internal

Class hours

3 Lecture hours

Prerequisite

ECON2030

Restricted

Quota: Maximum of 42 enrolments

Course enquiries

A/Prof L. Friesen

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