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課程名稱

實驗經濟學
Experimental Economics

開課學期

101-2

授課對象

社會科學院經濟學系

授課教師

王道一

課號

ECON5071

課程識別碼

323EU8020

班次

學分

全/半年

半年

必/選修

選修

上課時間

星期五2,3,4(9:10~12:10)

上課地點

社科2

備註

本課程以英語授課。中文考試。建議先修課程：個體經濟學二。
限學士班三年級以上或限碩士班以上
總人數上限：58人
外系人數限制：20人

Ceiba 課程網頁

http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1012experiment_econ

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課程概述

[For details, see: http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~josephw/experimental_13S.htm]

This is an upper division and graduate level introductory course on experimental economics. The purpose is to provide a thorough introduction to experimental economics so students can start to perform their own research in this field. You will be expected to write a research proposal by the end of the course.

課程目標

1. Introduction to experimental economics: After this class, students are expected to be able to name several experiments performed in each fields of economics, and describe how the results affirm (or differ from) economic theory and/or field data.
2. Experimental design: After this class, students are expected to understand how to design and run an experiment. Students will also write a research proposal that (a) Describes a proposed experiment (with sample instructions for subjects), (b) Argues why should we care about this experiment and why the experiment is designed this way (compared to other possible designs), and, (c) States expected results and methods to analyze the data (or simulation results).
3. Evaluate most current research: After this class, students are expected to develop the ability to read recent journal articles in experimental economics, and evaluate the quality of the papers. During class, students are expected to read assigned journal articles, write one (referee) review report for them, and present the article in class.

課程要求

Intermediate Miroeconomics II and/or Game Theory.

預期每週課後學習時數

Office Hours

每週五 12:10~13:10

指定閱讀

1. Camerer (2003), Behavioral Game Theory, Princeton University Press (BGT).
2. Plott and Smith ed. (2008), Handbook of Experimental Results, Vol.1, Elsevier (HER ).
3. Ariely (2012), The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone— Especially Ourselves, Harper (for classroom group presentation).

參考書目

4. Kagel and Roth, ed. (1995, 2012), Handbook of Experimental Economics, Vol.1 & 2, Princeton University Press (HEE). Vol.2 chapters available online.
5. Cassar and Friedman (2004), Economics Lab: An Intensive Course in Experimental Economics, Routledge (EL).
6. Holt (2007), Markets, Games and Strategic Behavior, Addison-Wesley.
7. Riley (2012), Essential Microeconomics, Cambridge University Press. (EM).

評量方式
(僅供參考)

No.	項目	百分比	說明
1.	Midterm literature review report	30%
2.	Final research proposal	40%
3.	Book chapter presentation	10%
4.	Research paper presentation	10%
5.	HER chapter presentation	10%

課程進度

週次	日期	單元主題
第1週	2/22	Experimental Economics and Behavioral Game Theory (BGT Ch.1); Basic Principles of Experimental Design (BGT A1.2)
第2週	3/01	Risk and Time Preferences (Andreoni and Sprenger, AER, 2012a, b)
第3週	3/08	LUPI Games and Poisson Game Theory (Ostling et al., 2011, BGT, Ch. 3)
第4週	3/15	Dominant Solvable Games (BGT, Ch. 5) and Level-k Model (Crawford et al., JEL)
第5週	3/22	Learning (BGT, Ch.6)
第6週	3/29	Coordination and Equilibrium Selection (BGT, Ch.7)
第7週	4/05	Holiday
第8週	4/12	Auction Experiments (EL, Ch.9; new Handbook chapter)
第9週	4/19	Signaling and Reputation (BGT, 8)
第10週	4/26	Cheap Talk Experiments (Wang, Spezio and Camerer, AER; Lai, Lim and Wang)
第11週	5/03	Social Preferences (BGT, Ch.2 and new Handbook chapter)
第12週	5/10	Neuroeconomics: fMRI and Eyetracking (Dean, mimeo 2012 ; Wang, chapter, 2011)
第13週	5/17	Bargaining (BGT, 4) and Market Design (Roth, new Handbook chapter)
第14週	5/24	Field Experiments (Harrison and List, JEL 2004)
第15週	5/31	Macroeconomics in the Lab (Duffy, new Handbook chapter)
第16週	6/07	Prediction Markets (Holt, Ch.34) and Asset Bubbles (Smith, Suchanek and Williams, ECMA 1988)
第17週	6/14	Final Proposal Presentation