Computer Laboratory for Classroom and Research Experiments in Economics

经济学课堂和研究实验计算机实验室

• 批准号: 9712373
• 负责人: Charles Holt
• 金额: $ 5.07万
• 依托单位: University of Virginia Main Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-09-01 至 1999-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9712373&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Computer; Laboratory; Classroom; Research; Experiments

With National Science support Dr. Charles Holt will purchase equipment necessary to upgrade and expand the experimental economics laboratory at the University of Virginia. Instrumentation includes 20 Compaq Presario 3060 Pcs with 200 Mhz pentium MMX processors as well as etherlink adapters. These will be integrated into the current system. Experimental economists create simplified market situations in which variables can be manipulated and controlled and human subjects can compete for real financial award. This allows economics to introduce human factors including motivation and the need to act with imperfect information into both theoretical formulations and to actual market design. Such laboratory pretest, for example was employed in the design of the 1995 FCC auctions for personal communications services bandwidth. Results from experimental studies have shown that the behavior of financially motivated subjects is often systematically biased away from the predictions of standard game theory which assumes perfect rationality. Effective simulation requires the ability of large numbers of players to interact quickly and the proposed system will allow 20 participants to be experimentally linked. This will allow increased complexity in the experiments performed. Dr. Holt is actively involved in both undergraduate and graduate teaching and students will benefit significantly from the upgrade.

在国家科学的支持下，查尔斯·霍尔特博士将购买必要的设备，以升级和扩大弗吉尼亚大学的实验经济学实验室。仪器包括20台Compaq Presario 3060 Pcs，配有200 Mhz pixel MMX处理器以及以太网适配器。这些都将纳入现行制度。实验经济学家创造了简化的市场环境，在这种环境中，变量可以被操纵和控制，人类受试者可以竞争真实的经济奖励。这使得经济学引入人的因素，包括动机和需要采取行动的不完全信息到理论公式和实际的市场设计。例如，这种实验室预测试被用于1995年FCC个人通信服务带宽拍卖的设计中。实验研究的结果表明，金融动机的受试者的行为往往是系统性的偏离标准博弈论的预测，假设完美的理性。 有效的模拟需要大量玩家快速互动的能力，拟议中的系统将允许20名参与者进行实验性联系。这将增加所进行实验的复杂性。霍尔特博士积极参与本科和研究生教学，学生将从升级中受益匪浅。