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- Code:
- ECOM-448
- Field:
- Behavioral Economics
- Targets:
- Master’s students Research Master's students PhD students
- Organiser:
- University of Helsinki - Economics
- Instructor:
- Marja-Liisa Halko
- Period:
- Period 4
- Format:
- Participation in teaching
- Method:
- Contact teaching
- Venue:
- Economicum building
- Enrollment:
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Aalto, Hanken and UH economics students can enroll through their home university’s SISU. Further instructions are available on the How to enroll? page, also for students from other universities.
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Content
The course introduces the basic methods of experimental economics, showing how controlled experiments can be used to study decision-making and evaluate economic theories. Students are familiarised with the design, implementation, replication, and interpretation of experiments as tools for economic research. Topics include, for example, individual decision-making, markets, strategic interaction, public goods, social preferences, and decisions related to uncertainty and risk, with selected extensions to behavioural economics and related fields.
Learning outcomes
After the course, the student should
- Be familiar with the basic methods and applications of experimental economics.
- Understand how controlled experiments can be used to study decision-making and evaluate economic theories.
- Be able to design, implement, and interpret a simple controlled economic experiment.
- Be able to reproduce and critically evaluate results from existing experimental data.
- Be aware of the strengths and limitations of experimental methods in economics.