Experimental Economics

Experimental Methods

This site contains useful and hands-on guides to statistical techniques and R programming

  • You can find more on statistics here.

  • You can find more on R programming here.

LABEL Events

LABEL events contains information on lectures and other activities organized by the lab. You can find the page here.

Behavioral Economics

ECON 606 or Behavioral Theories of Decision Making reviews traditional and behavioral theories of decision-making and to discuss the state of the art research in the field. You can find more here.

Software Resources

zTree

Z-tree is a program developed at the university of Zurich in 1998 for the purpose of delivering economic choice experiments. The interface is simple that it allows non-programmers to create experiments that test human behavior and choices in Game Theory scenarios, providing a scientific framework for studying decision-making. Programming experience is not necessary, though useful.

You can read more here.

oTree

oTree is a framework based on Python that lets you build:

  • Multiplayer strategy games, like the prisoner’s dilemma, public goods game, and auctions

  • Controlled behavioral experiments in economics, psychology, and related fields

  • Surveys and quizzes

Moblab

Moblab is focused on bringing interactive games and surveys to educational institutions, both in and out of classrooms, across the world since 2012.