Students are introduced to the methods of economic experiments. They will receive an overview of the field with a focus on more recent reseach topics. Among the topics covered in the course are endowment effects, mental accounting, inattention/salience/shrouding, status-quo bias and defaults, charitable giving, intention-based fairness, level-k reasoning and Quantal Response Equilibrium.
Exam:
Participants have to give a short presentation and pass a final exam.