Vernon L. Smith High School Workshop in Experimental Economics

This summer the Vernon L. Smith High School Workshop in Experimental Economics will be hosted by the Economic Science Institute at Chapman University. 

For those high school students who might not have the opportunity to study economics in their high schools, the objective of this workshop 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 week of July 6-10 is designated for local southern California commuters only, while the week of July 13-17 is open to local commuters and traveling students from the greater Washington DC area.

There are a limited number of travel scholarships available for students who are not from southern California. The travel scholarship includes:

• Reimbursement of up to $550 for flights

• Housing in Chapman dorms

• 3 meals a day

You can apply online here.  Please check the box on the application if you wish to be considered for the travel scholarship. For more detailed information regarding traveling students please click here.

If you are interested in more information, please contact Sharon Krueger at krueger@chapman.edu.

Quotes from Past Fellows:

• "I earned and 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!"