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In the News |
| Recap of the IFREE-sponsored Seventeenth Graduate Student Workshop in Experimental Economics at ESI, January 8-12, 2012. |
| Overview of the Winter/Spring 2012 Speakers - IFREE-Sponsored Lecture Series at ESI |
| The IFREE Small Grants Proposal: Read about the research projects awarded funding in October 2011. |
| IFREE Sponsored UAA Incoming Student Experimental Economics Workshop, August 25-26 2011. |
| Peter DeScioli and Bart Wilson acknowledge IFREE funding for paper about property published in Evolution and Human Behavior. |
| Pictures of the IFREE-Sponsored Summer Scholars Program, June 27th to August 6th 2011. |
| Pictures of the Vernon L. Smith IFREE-sponsored High School Workshops in Experimental Economics, July 25-29 and August 1-5 2011. |
| Recap of IFREE Sponsored "Economics in the Metaverse" High School Workshop at GMU, July 25th-29th 2011. |
| Breakthrough in the Second Phase of IFREE Supported Research on Combinatorial Auction. |
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In 2002, IFREE-founder Dr. Vernon Smith was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for "having established laboratory experiments as a tool in empirical economic analysis, especially in the study of alternative market mechanisms."
2011 IFREE Sponsored University of Alaska Anchorage Incoming Student Experimental Economics Workshop
The 2011 UAA Incoming Student Experimental Economics Workshop is a free 2-day program specifically designed for students who are new to the university, interested in meeting new people, having fun, and exploring new ideas.
Over the past few years, the UAA Economics Department has developed a successful program that offers short workshops in experimental economics. Thanks to a generous grant from IFREE, they are able to extend this popular program to incoming UAA students.
The workshop will be held at the UAA campus from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on August 25-26, 2011 (Thursday and Friday).
The workshop is open to all new UAA students, regardless of major. The goal of this 2-day workshop is simple: to expose students to basic economic principles in a fun and stimulating environment. No prior economics training is necessary or expected. The workshop is great for students who have never seen economics before, as well as those who are more familiar with the topic.
During the workshop, students will participate in different economics games – or experiments – designed to introduce economics concepts. We firmly believe the best way to expose students to economics is not through lectures, but rather to let students experience economics through their own decisions. Previous participants have consistently described the workshop as “awesome and the best way to learn,” and “fun, informative, and worth my time.” In the workshop, “you learn a lot and you get some real life knowledge that is useable.” To motivate economic decision making, participants are paid in cash based on the outcomes of their decisions. Students have described the cash earnings as “amazing motivators” and that the workshop was a “profitable experience.”
Registration is free, and admission is on a first come, first served basis.
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