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EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS

ECON 535
Course Description

An examination of the use of laboratory or field experiments to examine questions of interest to economists. How to design economic experiments and understand their results. Understanding answers to key questions about economic policy, development economics, learning in uncertain situations, behavior in markets, market design, auctions, finance, altruism and selfishness, bargaining, and many other topics, as well as the processes that produced these answers, using principles from statistical models, survey design, game theory, understanding of incentives, and behavioral economics.

Prerequisites
Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

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Offered

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Grade Point Average
2.98

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Completion Rate
95.45%

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A Rate
27.27%

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Class Size
22

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Cumulative Grade Distribution

Instructors (2026 Summr)

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