Christian Waibel: Katalogdaten im Herbstsemester 2017 |
| Name | Herr PD Dr. Christian Waibel |
| Lehrgebiet | Wirtschaftswissenschaften |
| Adresse | Zollergasse 39/7 1070 Wien AUSTRIA |
| Telefon | +41 78 206 05 80 |
| cwaibel@retired.ethz.ch | |
| URL | https://sites.google.com/site/christianwaibel/ |
| Departement | Management, Technologie und Ökonomie |
| Beziehung | Privatdozent |
| Nummer | Titel | ECTS | Umfang | Dozierende | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 364-1062-00L | Experimental Methods | 1 KP | 1V | C. Waibel | |
| Kurzbeschreibung | This course introduces PhD students into the principles of experimental methods and outlines how to prepare, conduct and evaluate an experiment. | ||||
| Lernziel | This course aims to prepare PhD students for conducting their own experiment. | ||||
| Inhalt | 1. Introduction: What are economic experiments and why to use them? 2. Principles of economic experiments: Validity, control and limits. 3. Choice of experimental design: Subjects, repetition, matching, payment. 4. Conducting experiments: Instructions, testing, recruiting, sessions. 5. Measuring techniques: Eliciting beliefs, risk attitudes, social preferences. 6. Evaluating experimental data: A short overview. | ||||
| Literatur | Books: - Bardsley et. al (2009): Experimental Economics: Rethinking the Rules, New Jersey, Princeton University Press. - Friedman & Sunder (1994): Experimental Methods: A Primer for Economists, Melbourne, Cambridge University Press. - Kagel/Roth (1995): Handbook of Experimental Economics, New Jersey, Princeton University Press. Basic Articles: - Roth (1988): Laboratory Experimentation in Economics: A Methodological Overview, Economic Journal, pp. 974-1031. - Smith (1994): Economics in the Laboratory, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 8, pp. 113-131. A readling list with articles for each lecture has been published in Moodle. | ||||
| Voraussetzungen / Besonderes | This course is complemented by a course on programming experiments with z-tree. It is not mandatory but recommended to take both courses. | ||||
| 851-0609-08L | Research Seminar in Experimental Social Sciences and Humanities If you are interested in presenting in the seminar, please contact Jan Schmitz (Schmitz@econ.gess.ethz.ch), and state your preferred date of presentation, the title of the presentation and whether the presentation is a design presentation or a full paper presentation | 0 KP | 1S | J. Schmitz, M. Grieder, C. Hölscher, M. Schonger, R. Schubert, C. Waibel, S. Wehrli | |
| Kurzbeschreibung | The aim of the seminar is to establish a research and networking platform for researchers conducting social science experiments at the ETH and to offer an outlet to present designs for laboratory and field experiments before data collection. Presentations of first study results and working papers are also welcome. | ||||
| Lernziel | The research seminar is open to all students, scientific staff, and faculty interested in experimental research in the areas of economics, sociology and psychology. The aim of the seminar is to establish a research and networking platform for researchers conducting experiments at the ETH and to offer an outlet to present designs for laboratory and field experiments before data collection. Presentations of first study results and working papers are also welcome. Objective: Establish a research and networking platform for researchers conducting experiments at the ETH and to offer an outlet to present designs for laboratory and field experiments before data collection. Presentations of first study results and working papers are also welcome. | ||||