UROP Project
Introduction to Laboratory Experimental Research in Economics
experimental economics, contests, public goods, land assembly, markets, law and economics
Research Mentor: misaac@fsu.edu Mark Isaac,
Department, College, Affiliation: Economics, Social Sciences and Public Policy
Contact Email: misaac@fsu.edu
Research Assistant Supervisor (if different from mentor):
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Department, College, Affiliation: Economics, Social Sciences and Public Policy
Contact Email: misaac@fsu.edu
Research Assistant Supervisor (if different from mentor):
Research Assistant Supervisor Email:
Faculty Collaborators:
Faculty Collaborators Email:
Looking for Research Assistants: Yes
Number of Research Assistants: 2
Relevant Majors: Preference for Economics majors, or related disciplines including Finance, Risk Management, Accounting, Political Science, Philosophy, and Governance and Civics, plus any PPE minors.
Project Location: On FSU Main Campus
Research Assistant Transportation Required: Remote or In-person: In-person
Approximate Weekly Hours: 10, Flexible schedule (Combination of business and outside of business. TBD between student and research mentor.)
Roundtable Times and Zoom Link:
Not participating in the roundtable
Number of Research Assistants: 2
Relevant Majors: Preference for Economics majors, or related disciplines including Finance, Risk Management, Accounting, Political Science, Philosophy, and Governance and Civics, plus any PPE minors.
Project Location: On FSU Main Campus
Research Assistant Transportation Required: Remote or In-person: In-person
Approximate Weekly Hours: 10, Flexible schedule (Combination of business and outside of business. TBD between student and research mentor.)
Roundtable Times and Zoom Link:
Not participating in the roundtable
Project Description
The positions will be comprised of four main components: 1 ) The student will learn about the importance of protecting human subjects and will be expected to pass the IRB CITI training for students; 2) The student will learn why economics can be an experimental discipline; 3 ) The student will work with other members of our lab, including other UROPs, to help in the subject recruitment process, lab demonstrations, and conference support ; 4 ) The student will work through appropriate literature reviews and interaction with the mentor to propose and experimental economics design as complete as possible but without actually building a computer program and collecting the data. This independent research design will form the core of their poster presentation.Research Tasks: IRB certification, assistance with subject recruiting, becoming up to speed on the foundations of experimental economics, literature review. independent modeling and research design.
Skills that research assistant(s) may need: REQUIRED: Generally computer literate for standard tools such as Google Scholar, JSTOR, Excel, graphing programs, AI, Dropbox, etc..
RECOMMENDED: Having taken, or at least being enrolled in, the Principles of Microeconomics course. The more economics courses the better, unless of course the student is proposing a "bridge" project between Economics and, for example, Philosophy; in that case course literacy will be specific to the student's interest.