Schedule

Experimental Economics Workshop Program

May 25-29, 2026

  • Morning session – Theory 9:00am to 12:30pm
  • Afternoon session – Applications 2:00pm to 5:00pm
  • Optional evening session - Group work 5:00pm to 6:30pm
May 25: Carola Grebitus
Survey Design and Experimental Economics
Introduction to surveys and economic experiments; Open Science, incl. pre-analysis plans, pre-registration; Replication, pre-registered reports; Open-Ended Choice Experiments
May 26: Rodolfo M. Nayga, Jr. and David Just  
Experimental Auctions and Field Experiments
Introduction to experimental auctions; Designing laboratory auction experiments; Conducting a non-hypothetical, lab auction study; Analysis of auction data; Designing and conducting field experiments; Analysis of field experiments to inform policy
May 27: Vincenzina Caputo and Jayson Lusk
Choice experiments and modeling

Introduction to stated choice surveys; Theoretical background on experimental designs; Designing a choice experiment with the experimental design software Ngene; Analysis of choice experiment data

May 28: Vincenzina Caputo and Jayson Lusk
Basket-Based Choice Experiments

Introduction to basket-based choice experiments; Designing a basket-based choice experiment; Analysis of basket-based choice experiment data; Food policy simulations

May 29: Jeffrey M. Wooldridge 
Econometrics to inform agricultural and food policy

Policy-oriented introduction to advanced econometric methods to inform policy; effect of econometric choices on policy inference

Panel Session 

Project presentations

Final project presentations

Note: The organizers reserve the right to adjust the program as needed.