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New Faculty Join xs/fs
As a result of the xs/fs Research Group's successful proposal to FSU's Pathways of Excellence initiative, we have two new faculty joining us this Fall and plans to recruit 3 more over the next 2 years. David Cooper has been hired into the Department of Economics and Jens Großer has been hired into the Department of Political Science.
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David J. Cooper comes to Florida State from Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Cooper specializes in the experimental study of game theory. Recent papers of his have studied how learning in games differs between teams and individuals, how incentive systems and communication can be used to increase coordination among employees in a firm, and how communication affects collusion among firms. |
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Jens Großer
studied economics in Marburg, Bonn, and Amsterdam and holds a Master in economics from the University of Bonn. His PhD is from CREED, University of Amsterdam, where his thesis was titled "Voting in the Laboratory." He has been working at the University of Amsterdam and the University of Cologne with his most recent position as a postdoctoral research scholar and lecturer at PLESS (Princeton Laboratory for Experimental Social Science) and the Economics |
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John and Hallie Quinn Graduate Student Fellowship
The XS/FS lab has received an endowment to provide a yearly fellowship to help fund the research of economics graduate students interested in pursuing experimental research.
If you are interested in further information please follow the link below:
John and Hallie Quinn Graduate Student Fellowship in Experimental Economics
Our New Laboratory
The new lab consists of 26 stations with computer screens that are visually isolated to allow for tighter control of information flow during an experiment. The lab is also equipped with two observation stations, one at the front and a separate observation room at the back, as well as audio/video equipment, allowing experimenters a variety of ways to interact with subjects.
In conjunction with the existing lab in the Claude Pepper building (which is equipped with 16 stations and a separate observation room) the new lab allows for much greater flexibility. The new lab's 10 extra seats allow for a broader range of experiments, and with two labs it's now possible to conduct larger experiments and, when necessary, keep subject populations separated.
Social Dilemmas Conference
We at Florida State are happy to be hosting the third in a series of workshops on experimental social dilemmas. The workshop will be held on February 22nd and 23rd of 2008. This series was started by Lin Ostrom and Werner Güth to facilitate scholarly exchange and collaboration among those who have been most active in experimental research on social dilemmas. The first workshop was held January, 2003 at Indiana University and the second January 2006 at the Max Plank Institute in Jena.
This will be a small, but we believe high quality conference with each presenter getting 45 minutes to an hour to present their paper. There should be 12-14 total presentations by a diverse mix of economists and political scientists and we also expect to have additional attendees contributing to the discussions who may not be presenting papers.
For further details about the conference, please visit the conference website.