Experimental Economics applies the laboratory method of inquiry to better understand how society operates. Experiments, in the lab and in the field, allow for a more precise investigation of how individual, social and institutional characteristics influence individual behavior and aggregate outcomes. Consequently, the lab can serve as a wind tunnel for policy analysis to better predict the responses and outcomes of competing policies. Such policy simulation increases the power of the economic inquiry and policy analysis.

• The Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Decision-Making under Uncertainty as Measure with FMRI, funded by the National Science Foundation, 2008-2010.
• Billet Assignment and Resource Allocation Experiments, funded by the Office of Naval Research, 2008-2009.
• Behavioral Tax Research Using Experimental Economics: Encouraging Filing Participation and Social Network Effects, funded by Internal Revenue Service, 2007-2008

The Appalachian Experimental Economics Laboratory

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