Call for Papers

International Workshop for Lab and Field Experiments
co-organized byJapanese Economic Association,
Research Center for Behavioral Economics, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka
University, andThe Institute of Socionetwork Strategy Research, Kansai University
DATE:
March 17-18, 2021 (This workshop will be held online.)
SCOPE:
Experiments, both laboratory and field, were once considered to be impossible in economics.
They are now, however, considered to be a main research method in economics. Thesechanges are reflected in the list of recent winners of Nobel Prize in economics: on one hand,Vernon Smith (winner in 2002) and Al Roth (winner in 2012) have deep connections with thedevelopment of experimental studies in the lab., on the other hand, Elenor Ostrom (winner in2009), Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer (winners in 2019) with field
experiments.
While laboratory experiments mainly aim to test theoretical implications or functioning ofvarious economic mechanisms in highly controlled settings, field experiments aim to do so in
more natural settings. Furthermore, field experiments, especially, through randomized
controlled trials, aim to evaluate the effectiveness of various economic policies.
Despite this global development in the field of economics, researchers employing experimental
methods in their research are still merely a small minority among Japanese economists. To
boost the field of experimental economics in Japan by providing an international forum forresearchers to exchange their ideas and problems, we invite you to submit your researchcovering a broad range of topics related to economic experiments to be presented at this twoday international workshop. We welcome any topics of laboratory and field experiments, andencourage especially young researchers to submit their work.
Selected papers presented at this workshop will be published in a special issue ofJapanese Economic Review which is scheduled to be published in January 2022.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:John Duffy
Professor, Department of Economics,
University of California, Irvine,
United States

Lata Gangadharan
Professor of Economics and Joe Isaac Chair of Business and Economics,
Monash University,
Australia

HOW TO SUBMIT FOR PRESENTATION IN THE WORKSHOP:
Manuscripts or Extended abstract (more than 1,000 words) should be submitted via
https://www.iser.osaka-u.ac.jp/event/workshop/20210317.cgi
The submission has been closed.

TIME SCHEDULE:
Submission opens for the workshop:

October 4, 2020

Submission deadline for the workshop:

December 4, 2020

Notice of acceptance for presentation:

January 10, 2021

Deadline for registration:

February 17, 2021

Workshop:March 17-18, 2021

Submission deadline for the special issue of JER:
May 14, 2021

*No participation fee will be required for this online workshop.
*Submissions to JER are permitted only for presenters in this workshop. The details will beannounced during the workshop.

WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS：
Nobuyuki Hanaki, Osaka UniversityKazuhito Ogawa, Kansai University
Kumiko Fukada, Osaka University
For further questions or inquiries, please contact organizers by sending an e-mail toexpecon@iser.osaka-u.ac.jp