Format: Seminar, 7/10 ECTS

Term: summer

The seminar consists of two parts: In the first part, students learn the methodological basics of designing and conducting laboratory and field experiments, mainly by analyzing and discussing seminal experimental studies in the fields of anticorruption and conflict resolution. They also learn the basics of programming computer-based laboratory experiments in the program „z-Tree“ (Fischbacher, 2007) and smartphone-based (field) experiments in the software “classEx” (Giamattei, Lambsdorff 2015). In the second part, students apply this knowledge and design, program and run their own laboratory or field experiment and analyze the results.

The course yields 10 ECTS. Students can also run a group Project (in groups of 2) and obtain 7 ECTS.

Format: Seminar (blocked one-week), 7 ECTS

Term: winter (info about the dates on icgg.org)

The Economics of Corruption will focus on experimental and behavioral approaches towards corruption and good governance. Recent years have seen growing skepticism towards control and compliance and the associated administrative burden. Novel methods of anticorruption focus on detecting the intrinsic rather than the extrinsic drivers that might motivate ethical government. Participants learn about this experimental and behavioral research by help of lectures, games, simulations, presentations and case studies. They are confronted with detailed methods on the limits to discretion, contract penalties, compliance systems, debarment, intermediaries, procurement, leniency and corporate liability. They are guided towards developing appropriate designs and work in groups to implement their own experiments.PhD-students are invited to present their research (15 min. presentation + 5 min. discussion). There are no tuition fees. The course is directed towards PhD and Master-students in the social sciences (economics, business administration, psychology, political science, law, sociology) who apply experimental methods in their respective fields and would like to exchange ideas across disciplinary boundaries.More information on icgg.org

Format: Lecture, 5 ECTS

Term: winter

In this class, we analyse the influence of social preferences, limited computation and limited reasoning on strategic choices and resulting equlibria. For this, we look at ultimatum games, trust games, games with mixed strategy equilibria, bargaining games, coordination games and games with dominant strategies. Students are required to replicate a well-known experiment in class and analyse the resulting behaviour and contrast it to the predictions derived from a game theoretic perspective.

Format: Seminar, 7 ECTS

Term: summer

In this seminar, we discuss a number of behavioral and experimental economic research papers whose content is related to the seven deadly sins. For example, how do greed and wrath impact human decision making? Do markets bring along moral decay? Why do we postpone unpleasant things? Are there economic reasons for the joint consumption of alcohol?