2003 Conference Program
Twenty-Fourth Annual Middlebury College Conference on Economic Issues
Field Experiments in Economics
Saturday, April 26
8:00-8:45 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:45-9:00 a.m. Opening Remarks
9:00-10:40 a.m. Session 1: Overview of the Methodology and an Example
Glenn Harrison (South Carolina) and John List (Maryland)
"What Constitutes a Field Experiment in Economics?"
Lorenz Goette (Zurich and Berkeley)
"Labor Supply, Incentives and Bike Messengers"
Discussant(s): Catherine Eckel (Virginia Tech), Peter Matthews (Middlebury)
10:40-11:00 a.m. Coffee Break
11:00-12:40 p.m. Session 2: Cultural Variation
Abigail Barr (Oxford)
"An Overview of the Field Experimental Approach to Culture"
Joe Henrich (Emory)
"The Ontogeny of Social Preferences"
Discussant(s): Andreas Ortmann (Charles)
12:40-1:50 p.m. Lunch
1:50-3:30 p.m. Session 3: Demographics and Culture
Lisa Rutstrom (South Carolina)
"Bargaining Behavior, Demographics, and Nationality"
Steve Burks (Minnesota-Morris)
"Comparing Students to Workers"
Discussant(s): Phil Grossman (St. Cloud State)
3:30-3:45 p.m. Coffee Break
3:45-6:00 p.m. Session 4: Work in Developing Countries
Juan Camilo Cardenas (Javeriana) and Jeffrey Carpenter (Middlebury)
"Three Themes on Field Experiments and Economic Development"
Justine Burns (Cape Town)
"Ingroups, Outgroups and Behavior among Secondary School Children"
Dean Karlan (Princeton)
"Using Experimental Economics to Measure Social Capital and Predict Financial Decisions"
7:00 p.m. Cocktails
7:15 p.m. Dinner
8:00-9:00 Keynote: Al Roth (Harvard)
Sunday, April 27
8:30-9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
9:00-10:40 a.m. Session 5: A Case Study - Russia
Simon Gaechter (St. Gallen)
"Cooperation and Punishment in Russia"
Rick Wilson (Rice)
"Confusion or Fairness in the Field?: Rejections in the Ultimatum Game under the Strategy Method"
Discussant(s): Glenn Harrison (South Carolina), Morten Lau (Danish Ministry of Trade)
10:40-11:00 a.m. Coffee Break
11:00-12:40 p.m. Session 6: Policy Relevant Applications of Field Experiments
Robert Slonim (Case Western)
"Using Experiments to Examine Non-Academic Effects of a Private School Scholarship Program."
Catherine Eckel (Virginia Tech) and Cathleen Johnson (SRDC)
"Using Field Experiments to Design Education Policy in Canada"
Discussant(s): Laurie Johnson (University of Denver)
12:40-1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30-2:30 p.m. Panel Discussion: Field Experiments in Economics
Panelists: Glenn Harrison, John List, Catherine Eckel, Jeffrey Carpenter
