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Advanced Experimental & Behavioural Economics - ECON4310
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Course Outline: ECON4310 Course outline
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: ECON3124
 
 
Fee Band: 3 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
  

Description

This course complements ECON2126 and ECON3124 (prior participation in those is highly recommended) and is meant to deepen students'
understanding of the experimental method of investigation in economics research. In the first half of the course we will review questions of
experimental design and implementation such as appropriate procedures of subject recruitment, programming tools, statistical and
econometric analysis of experimental data, and other methodological issues in experimental economics. Further, we will survey the topics
covered by current research into experimental and behavioural economics, as well as the main results and conclusions. In the second half of
the course, students will form groups of 2 or 3 and develop their own experimental project, from design over programming and the actual
implementation to the analysis and write-up of a research paper. Grading will rely on class participation, exam and the research paper.

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