Summer Term 2015
Experimental methods, Lecture and tutorial
Urs Fischbacher (lecture) and Konstantin Hesler (tutorial)
Monday, 15:15-16:45, A702, lecture
Monday, 17:00-18:30, A702, tutorial according to schedule
The inspection of the exam Experimental Methods will take place on 03.11.2015 at 14 o´clock in room F 315. Content
Experiments have established their own role in economics as a source of knowledge. Experiments allow testing the behavioral assumptions underlying economic modeling; they provide tests for the empirical validity of different models and permit to establish behavioral regularities even when a theory is not yet available. Experiments also guide the researchers in the development of new theories. So, without experiments, prospect theory and social preference theories would be without relevance, since the relevance could not be proven.
This lecture gives an introduction into the experimental method in economics. It should enable you to design, plan, conduct, and analyze an economic experiment. Furthermore, it presents typical and prototypical experimental designs.
Master Seminar Behavioral Public Economics
Urs Fischbacher
Overview
Behavioral economics investigates empirical deviations from economic standard theory, e.g. social preferences, loss aversion with respect to reference point or time inconsistent behavior and self-control problems. In this seminar, we discuss how these deviations affect issues related to public economics. This includes topics like charitable giving, the provision of public goods, taxation or nudging.
Requirements
- Talk of 60-70 minutes; participation in the discussion.
- Seminar thesis of 15 to 20 pages. For the grade, the talk values 40%, oral participation 10 % and the thesis 50%.
Required knowledge
- Good knowledge of game theory.
Schedule
Preliminary meeting: F208, 14. April 2015, 18:45 – 19:45.
Seminar: Thursday/Friday 11./12. June 2015, TWI, Hauptstrasse 90, Kreuzlingen, Switzerland.
Topics
- Measuring welfare
- Social comparison and happiness
- Charitable Giving
- Public goods: voluntary contributions
- Public goods: mechanisms
- Optimal taxation
- Tax evasion
- Mental accounting
- Selfcontrol
- Saving
- Addiction
- Nudging and libertarian paternalism
Bachelorseminar “How Culture/Society Affects Preferences: Theories and Applications”
Dr. Katrin Schmelz
Dates:
Kick-Off | Freitag, 17.04.2015, 10:00 - 11:30 Uhr in Raum F 208
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Block- seminar | Donnerstag, 21.05.2015, Zeit: tba, im TWI Kreuzlingen Freitag, 22.05.2015, Zeit: tba, im TWI Kreuzlingen Donnerstag, 18.06.2015, Zeit: tba, im TWI Kreuzlingen Freitag, 19.06.2015, Zeit: tba, im TWI Kreuzlingen
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