Experiments

EconPort allows users to run many types of online economics experiments.

If you are new to the site, or if you are looking for information on how to run one or more of these experiments, please take a moment and read about how to use this experiment system.

• How to Create an Experiment on EconPort (Read this First)
• Frequently Asked Questions Regarding EconPort Experiments

Available Software

EconPort experiments can be accessed by creating an account and adding a configuration. For more information on setting up and running an experiment, read How to Create an Experiment on EconPort. EconPort currently provides access to software for running the following types of experiments (for software documentation, click the provided link):

• Normal Form Game (documentation)
• Extensive Form Game (documentation)
• GARP (consumer utility maximization)  (documentation)
• MarketLink (commodity double auction, asset double auction, posted offer, posted bid) (documentation)
• One-Sided Auctions (Dutch, English, First- and Second-Price Auctions) (documentation)
• Supply and Demand Graphing Tool (documentation)

In addition, through cooperation with the Finance and Economics Experimental Laboratory (FEELE) at the University of Exeter, EconPort offers the following software:

• American Call Option (documentation)
• Bertrand Competition (documentation)
• Currency Attack (documentation)
• Diamond Dyvbig Experiment (documentation)
• Hold-Up Problem (documentation)
• Insurance Market with Asymmetric Information (documentation)
• Kiyotaki Wright Hazlett Experiment (documentation)
• Lemon Game (documentation)
• Monty Hall Paradox (documentation)
• Network Externalities (documentation)
• Price Discrimination (documentation)
• Team Draft (documentation)
• Warren Buffett (documentation)

 

Teaching Modules

There is a teaching modules section that provides guidance to instructors wanting to use experiments to teach economics.

• Go to the Teaching Modules