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Instructor's Manual for
Experiments with Economic Principles
Theodore Bergstrom,
University of California Santa Barbara
John H. Miller,
Carnegie Mellon University
July 15, 1999
c 1996 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

Contents
Introduction

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A Book of Recipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Ingredients Resources and Facilities Required . . . . . . .. . . . xiii
Classroom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Instructors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Time Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
Instructional Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
Class Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
GeneralProcedures for Experiments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
Student Preparation and Incentives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
Transactions, Rounds, and Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
ID numbers, Personal Information Sheets, and Sales Contracts xvi
Collecting, Recording and Posting Results . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
Posting the Distribution of Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xviii

I Instructions and Materials
1 Supply and Demand: The Apple Market

Objectives of This Experiment . . . . . . . . . . . . .
General Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Detailed Instructions and Comments . . . . . . . . . .
Student preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Personal Information Sheets and Sales Contracts
First Session Round 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .
First Session Later Rounds . . . . . . . . . . .
Session 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Distribution of Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Predictions of the Competitive Model . . . . . . . . .

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Supply and Demand Curves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Quick Start

Distribution of Types . . . . . . . . .
What to Post for Students' Lab Notes
Materials to Be Photocopied . . . . .
Personal Information Sheets . . .
Sales Contracts . . . . . . . . . .

2 Shifting SupplyCurves

Objectives of This Experiment . . .
General Discussion . . . . . . . . . .
Detailed Instructions and Comments
Time required . . . . . . . . . .
Trading in Session 1 . . . . . .
Trading in Session 2 . . . . . .
Competitive Equilibrium Predictions

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Quick Start

3 A Sales Tax

Objectives of This Experiment . . . . .
General Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . .
Detailed Instructions and Comments . .
Time Required . . . . . . . . . . .
Personal...