ECON 698 - Economic Systems Design Thesis

Prerequisite, ECON 481 or ECON 683. Under the continual guidance of his/her master’s thesis advisor, the student will define an economic decision making environment that presents unresolved behavioral or resource allocation questions; study and summarize the existing literature relevant to that economic environment; create an interactive model of the environment that implements its essential characteristics; design and execute experiments based on the model that can help resolve the unanswered questions; statistically analyze the data collected from the experiments; and finally present all the results in a cohesive thesis that is ready for publication. Letter grade. May be repeated for credit once. (Offered every semester.) 4-5 credits