June 8, 2020 Lesson Open Access

Introduction to ztree - Experimental Economics in Practice

Nicklisch, Andreas

These are the supplementary materials on an extensive online ztree course, held by Prof. Andreas Nicklisch at the University of Hamburg in June 2020. Further information one the pages of the Research Lab of the WiSo Faculty of the University of Hamburg: Online-zTree-Kurs auf Lecture2Go veröffentlicht - Universität Hamburg (uni-hamburg.de)

The explanatory videos have an overall duration of about 8 hours and can be found at the Universität Hamburg own video portal: 101: Introduction to z-Tree (1) - Introduction to z-Tree - Experimental Economics in Practice - Prof. Dr. Andreas Nicklisch - Universität Hamburg - Lecture2Go (uni-hamburg.de)

1. Introduction to ztree (Package 1, Videos 1_1 to 1_7)
   1. Program architecture
   2. Preconditions for programming
2. Principles of Behavorial Economics (Package 2, Video 2)
   1. The two basis Problems
   2. De gustibus non est disputandum
3. Single-Person Game without interaction: Lotteries (Package 2, Videos 3_1 to 3_3)
   1. Idea
   2. How to get them into the Computer
4. Treatment Structure (Package 3/4, Videos 4_1 to 4_3)
5. Fairness Preferences (Package 5, Video 5_1 to 5_2)
6. Interactive Games (Package 6, Videos 6_1 to 6_2)
7. Sequential Games (Package 7, Videos 7_1 to 7_2)
8. (named 7 in slides): Reciprocity (Package 8, Videos 7_1 & 7_2)
   1. Negative reciprocity: The moonlighting game
   2. Mutual gift exchange
9. (named 8 in slides): Social Dilemma (Package 8, Video 8)
   1. Public Goods
   2. Natural Resources
10. (named 9 in slides): More zTree: Layout and Advanced Commands (Package 9, Videos 9_1 to 9_3)