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Buy the Seat of Your Pants: Increasing the Stakes of a Classroom Experiment

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  • Ronald Baker

    (Millersville University of Pennsylvania)

  • Kirsten Madden

    (Millersville University of Pennsylvania)

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This paper introduces a competitive seat market trade experiment for classroom use. The competitive seat market endows each student with a randomly assigned seat in which […]

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  • Ronald Baker & Kirsten Madden, 2021. "Buy the Seat of Your Pants: Increasing the Stakes of a Classroom Experiment," Journal of Economics Teaching, Journal of Economics Teaching, vol. 6(1), pages 24-39, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:jtc:journl:v:6:y:2021:i:1:p:24-39
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    Market; Simulation;

    JEL classification:

    • A21 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - Pre-college
    • A22 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - Undergraduate

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