Vernon L. Smith
High School Workshop
in Experimental Economics

Summer 2009
at Chapman University

Next summer ESI will host a workshop on experimental economics for high school students. For those high school students who might not have the opportunity to study economics in their high schools, the objective of these workshops is to expose them to and get them interested in the foundations of economic analysis using experimental economics. A subset of the students may have already taken economics classes, and for those students, the goal is to cultivate their interest in economics and introduce them to economics as an observational science with new topics, problems, and experiments. These workshops do not assume any previous study in economics. The workshop is a commuter program.  All students must find their own accommodations and travel to the Orange campus of Chapman University.

In addition to applying, a completed Recommendation Form is required. It  should be faxed to us.  Applications are being accepted as space allows. Use these forms:

Recommendation form (PDF) - print out and fax (Currently Closed)

Contact Us if you have any questions.

Quotes from Past Fellows:

• “I earned and I learned!”

• “It was a wonderful relief from the normal, everyday approach to learning and teaching.”

• “It was a hands-on way to let us apply what we learned and with great incentives.”

• “Learned a lot about economics in the real world, and we got to meet new people.”

• “Very fun and interesting and you actually retain the information."

• “The way the workshop is taught you actually remember the topics you learn.”

• “I enjoyed myself a great deal and learned something at the same time, which is sadly fairly unusual.”

• “Economics is considered as ‘dismal science,’ but the experiments make it fascinating!”