Andrew Perry

TEC 912

Final Project: Annotated Bibliography

 

Research Topic: experimental economics (simulations, games for the economics classroom)

 

Classroom Experinomics. Ed. Greg Delemeester and John Neral. January 2008.

            Marietta College, Ohio. April 10, 2008.

< http://www.marietta.edu/~delemeeg/expernom.html>

 

• This site is my Mecca. It is entirely dedicated to experimental economics games/simulations for the classroom, and I have used activities from it before. It is simply the best tool I have ever found. Delemeester is a professor at Marietta College and Neral is a professor at Frostburg State University. All of the simulations on the page have been submitted from higher-education professionals.

 

Roth, Al. Home page. 14 April 2008. 16 April 2008.

< http://kuznets.fas.harvard.edu/~aroth/alroth.html>

 

• This website has a tremendous amount of information on the field of experimental economics. Al Roth is a Harvard professor of economics, so he is a very reliable academic source of information. The page has links to many different types of information, including descriptions of his courses, various simulations, etc.

 

Chaudhuri, Ananish. Home page. 1 May 2001. 16 April 2008.

< http://www.tricity.wsu.edu/~achaudh/econ485.html>

 

• Chaudhuri is assistant professor of economics at Washington State University, and his personal webpage has info on his courses, experimental economics games with descriptions, plus links to other academics’ websites.

 

Economics Network: The Higher Learning Academy. Ed. Dr.Edmund Cannon. 2008.

            University of Bristol, United Kingdom. 16 April 2008.

< http://www.economicsnetwork.ac.uk/themes/games.htm>

 

• A treasure trove of games and simulations. Mostly links to various activities, but virtually all appropriate for a high-school economics classroom.

 

International Foundation for Research in Experimental Economics. Ed. unknown. 2008.

            Tuscon, Arizona. 16 April 2008.

< http://www.ifreeweb.org/index.php>

 

• This website has links to university workshops on experimental economics, one of which is in my backyard (Chapman University in Orange, CA.) It also has links to fellow academics in the field of experimental economics, so it is a very good “overview” site.

 

Clerici-Arias, Marcelo. Home page. 8 June 2001. 16 April 2008.

< http://www.stanford.edu/~marcelo/index.html?GameTheory/links.htm~mainFrame>

 

• Marcelo is the Associate Director for Social Sciences and Technology in the Center for Teaching and Learning at Stanford University and teaches undergraduate courses in the Department of Economics at Stanford. His website has links to simulations, games, papers, academics in the field of experimental economics- a very well rounded site with lots of appropriate information.

 

“208 manually selected sites about Game Theory Economics.” 31 March 2008. 16 April

            2008.

< http://www.cbel.com/game_theory_economics/>

 

• I can’t really determine what cbel.com is, I just found it on one of my searches. However, the sites on this page are generally quite worthwhile- links to academics/departments, journals, experimental economics laboratories, conferences, etc.

 

Levine, David. Home page. 2008. 16 April 2008.

< http://levine.sscnet.ucla.edu/>

 

• David is a professor of economics at Washington University in St. Louis (formerly of UCLA) and his page has a great deal of information on game theory, particularly links to articles/journals with experiments and simulations. His site is relatively skimpy on actual experimental activities itself, but the links are beneficial.

 

“E-Economics: Experimental economics online.” Ed. Mike Shor. July 2002.

            Vanderbilt University. 16 April 2008.

< http://www.gametheory.net/eecon/>

 

• Although I cannot verify Mike Shor’s position, the fact that this site is affiliated with Vanderbilt University leads me to accept its validity. This site not only has past experiments and simulations, but you can sign up to participate in ongoing experiments as well.

 

Economic Science Lab: The Eller College of Management at the University of Arizona.

            Ed. unknown. 2008. Tuscon, Arizona. 16 April 2008.

< http://www.econlab.arizona.edu/>

 

• The site is almost irrelevant except for the link “For Teachers” under the “Resources” heading. There are links to some incredibly useful experimental economics databases. Plus, you can sign up to participate in experiments as well on this website.

 

“Game Theory Economics Social Sciences.” 2007. 16 April 2008.

< http://www.iaswww.com/apr/Science/Social_Sciences/Economics/Game_Theory>

 

• This happened to pop up on one of my web searches- it is clearly of dubious quality by name, as it is from the Internet Advertising Solutions website. However, the links on game theory that came up are very strong. Virtually every link has pertinent information on game theory- some with actual activities, others with interesting discussions of game theory in popular culture (such as movies and television) which students would probably find fascinating.

 

Pearson Education Unlimited. Ed unknown. 2006. 16 April 2008.

< http://www.booksites.net/sloman/download_files/hotlinks.htm>

 

• Another site of dubious background, initially, but Section D (halfway down the page) has a list of links to websites with economic models, games, simulations, and virtual economy activities. Most of these links are relevant and reliable.

 

Klein, J. Douglass. Home page. 4 October 2001. 16 April 2008.

< http://www.union.edu/PUBLIC/ECODEPT/kleind/ecoteach/meta.htm>

 

• Klein is a professor of economics at Union College. His homepage is focused on teaching economics with technology, but there is a list of links to economics games/experiments on the page, with valuable resources.

 

Holt, Charles. Home page. Last update unknown. 16 April 2008.

< http://people.virginia.edu/~cah2k/teaching.html>

 

• Holt is an economics professor at the University of Virginia. His site lists his teaching interests (where several experiments are listed), research interests (with a tremendous amount of information as well) and contains a link to the Experimental Economics Journal website.

 

King, Harvey. “A Neophyte’s Cost-Benefit Analysis of Classroom Experiments and

            Simulations in Introductory Economics.” Research paper, University of

            Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. July 1999.

< www.econ.uregina.ca/research/papers/079.pdf>

 

• This paper is arguably the most appropriate piece of research (in terms of applicability to my personal situation) that I found. King is an associate professor of economics at the University of Regina, and his paper not only contains descriptions of several experiments, but goes into great detail about pros and cons of experimental simulations in the classroom.