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Field Experiments in a Course on Behavioral Economics: Nudging Students Around Campus

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  • Carolina Castilla

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In experiential education, the student learns through experience by observing a concept or phenomenon and applying this knowledge in a real-world context. A research project conducted by undergraduate students at a U.S. private liberal arts college is described in this article. The project provided opportunity for students to think about their decision-making processes, compare them to existing literature, and apply this knowledge in examining their own hypotheses through primary data collection on campus. While the research design's simplicity ensured that the project could be completed in time for a final grade and sacrificed lecture material in favor of feedback opportunities, this behavioral field experiment was a rewarding experience because of students' enthusiasm and their ability to defend and think critically of their own ideas.

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  • Carolina Castilla, 2014. "Field Experiments in a Course on Behavioral Economics: Nudging Students Around Campus," The Journal of Economic Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 45(3), pages 211-224, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jeduce:v:45:y:2014:i:3:p:211-224
    DOI: 10.1080/00220485.2014.917566
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    1. Matias, J. Nathan, 2018. "Teaching Large-Scale Digital Experimentation to Undergraduates and Graduate Students," OSF Preprints 3pgrx, Center for Open Science.
    2. Ronald C. Fisher, 2019. "Illustrative Assignments to Incorporate Research and Writing in Introductory Economics Classes," Journal of Economics Teaching, Journal of Economics Teaching, vol. 4(1), pages 1-14, May.
    3. Hoffmann, Robert & Blijlevens, Janneke & Chuah, Swee-Hoon & Neelim, Ananta & Peryman, Joanne & Skali, Ahmed, 2020. "The ethics of student participation in economic experiments: Arguments and evidence," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 85(C).
    4. Robert Hoffmann & Swee Hoon Chuah & Jason Potts, 2017. "Behavioral policy and its stakeholders," Journal of Behavioral Economics for Policy, Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics (SABE), vol. 1(S), pages 5-8, November.

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