ECON179 CM - Experimental Economics

An introduction to the growing discipline of experimental economics, with a strong focus on field experiments. Randomized field experiments are used throughout the US and the world to answer theoretical and practical questions about human behavior. Well-designed field experiments allow business and governments to become more efficient and effective. The course will teach students how to analyze and interpret field experiments, and understand their practical significance to applied economics, business, and policy. It also examines how researchers and practitioners collaborate to advance company or organizational goals and improve the science of economics. Students will also design their own field experiment around a pressing open question in economics of the student’s choosing. The latter part of the semester will dive deeper into field experiments in two substantive areas - labor economics and development economics.

Prerequisites: ECON 101 CM and ECON 120 CM

Offered: Every year

Credit: 1

Course Number: ECON179 CM