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EconPort is an economics digital library specializing in content that emphasizes the use of experiments in teaching and research. Content includes teaching modules, a handbook of economic and game theoretic principles and concepts, a glossary of economics terms, and an extensive collection of educational material, as well as software for running experiments. Teaching modules include: substantive coverage of a variety topics that are central to economics courses; instructions and guidance for professors who plan to use these experiments in class; suggested parameterizations for experiments; and graphical data presentation facilities. Integrated software includes applications for conducting game theory, market, and auction experiments.
The content sections offered are:
- Experiments - A framework that allows you to conduct a variety of online economics experiments.
- Teaching - Resources for instructors, including teaching modules centered around classroom experiments.
- Handbook - A virtual text of microeconomics closely tied to experiments.
- Cataloged Resources - A cataloged collection of microeconomics resources that are available on the Internet.
- Glossary - A collection of terms covering microeconomics, experimental economics, and econometrics, among other areas.
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Maintenance Downtime on Sunday, January 13
January 2008
We will be taking EconPort offline for a brief period of time on the evening of Sunday, January 13. During this time we will be bringing a new server online. The downtime is expected to be less than thirty minutes, but you will be unable to connect to EconPort during this maintenance period.
New Option Allows Sharing Experiment Data with Students
March 2007
You can now share your experiment results with your students. To do so, click the link to manage your experiments, then click the button to edit a specific experiment, and finally select the option to make your results public. The default is for your results to be private, so only you can view them. After you make your results public, your students can access them by clicking the "Join an Experiment" button and then providing the appropriate access code.
New Teaching Section
March 2007
We have added a new teaching section that can be accessed using the navigation bar at the top of the page. This section provides resources for using classroom experiments, including our modules and also frequently-asked questions.
New Teaching Modules
June 2006
We have added a set of nine teaching modules to the Experiments section to aid instructors in the use of economics experiments in the classroom. Each module covers a specific economic concept, and presents tools to conduct the experiment as well as information about how to present and discuss the results of the experiment.
Additional modules will be added to the site, and existing modules will
be expanded.
Go to the teaching modules
New Experiment Software
April 2006
- We have added an Extensive-Form Game application to our collection of experiment software. This application allows experimenters to graphically construct game trees and then have players directly interact with the game tree display.
- The Normal-Form Game application now has an associated results viewer that allows experimenters to reload results of past experiments, display any specified subset of the data, and save the results to a local hard drive in a simplified CSV format.
EconPort has moved!
February 2006
EconPort has moved to a new home in the Experimental Economics Center in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University.
Site upgrade (1.02)
December 2004
Enhancements of note in this release:
- Groups are now optional for configuration and experiment management -- if you do not explicitly create any groups, then any configurations or experiments will be automatically placed in a default group.
- Fixed issues with cataloged resources.
- Added a user feedback page that is accessible at the bottom of every page on the site.
- Expanded scope of site searches.
- Subject access has been improved.
- FAQ format improved.
Site upgrade (1.01)
November 2004
Enhancements of note in this release:
- Simplified the main navigation bar.
- Improved site searching
- various style improvements and optimizations.
- Fixed an issue with GARP experiment software integration.
- Improved cataloged resource filtering.
- Improved usage process of public configurations.
New auction experiment software
August 2004
One-Sided Auctions experiment software has been added to Econport. This software provides Dutch, English, first-price sealed-bid, and second-price seal-bid auctions. More information
New posted-offer and posted-bid market experiment software
June 2004
The MarketLink experiment software now offers posted-offer and posted-bid market institutions, in addition to the continuous double auction. More information
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