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EC4024: EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS: MARKETS, INSTITUTIONS, AND PUBLIC POLICY (2016-2017)

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Course Overview

The purpose of this course is to expose students to the methodology of experimental economics and to give an overview of some of its uses in different areas of Economics, namely the functioning of markets, the effects of institutions on the decisions of economic agents, and to address public policy issues. The course is designed so as to allow the student hands-on experience of participating in experiments.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 4
Term First Term Credit Points 30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus None. Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Juergen Bracht

Qualification Prerequisites

None.

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Either EC2002 Microeconomics 2 (Passed) or EC2003 Intermediate Microeconomics (Passed)
  • Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

  • EC4023 Experimental Economics: Markets, Institutions and Public Policy (Studied)

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

The purpose of this course is to expose students to the methodology of experimental economics and to give an overview of some of its uses in different areas of Economics, namely the functioning of markets, the effects of institutions on the decisions of economic agents, and to address public policy issues. The course is designed so as to allow the student hands-on experience of participating in experiments.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

1st Attempt: 1 three-hour examination (70%); continuous assessment (30%) consisting of in-class quizzes.

Resit: None.

Formative Assessment

This will take place via tutorial discussions and via (computer aided) online questions submitted by students prior to the tutorial.

Feedback

Feedback is given for the questions in the problem sets distributed in the lectures through the provision of sketch answers. Feedback on continuous assessment quiz(zes) provides further guidance on how to approach questions from a variety of topics covered successfully. On a less structured basis, verbal feedback is given in the tutorials.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.
 

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