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Economics Experiments

To participate in experiments conducted by researchers in the Department of Economics at the University of Calgary, we ask that you register online and acknowledge the rules for economics experiments. Please read the following information carefully.

Rules for laboratory experiments

For each experiment, a certain number of registered persons will get an invitation email. Only the invited persons have the right to take part in the experiment.
In case you get an email, which invites you to participate in a particular experiment, you have to indicate your commitment to participate by clicking the link in the email.
To ensure that only those people who have been invited and who positively answered the invitation email take part in the experiment, participants are asked bring their student id with them. A participant who does not bring their student id may not be able to participate.
For each experiment, an excess number of participants will be invited. The first invited persons arriving at the experiment will get to participate.
Every participant who is invited to an experiment and showed up in time will at least be compensated by a show up payment of $5.00.
In experiments, participants are given the opportunity to earn money, which will be paid in cash upon the completion of the experiment. The amount participants earn depends on the decisions made during the experiment and sometimes the decisions of other participants. Generally, the longer the experiment the more money participants will have the opportunity to earn.
If a participant decides to leave before the completion of an experiment, they will be paid their show-up fee. However, they will forgo any earnings they might have accumulated up to that point.
People who give their agreement to take part in a particular experiment have to keep in mind that if they do not show up or show up late then the experiment might be cancelled because of a lack of participants.

Therefore, by registering for laboratory experiments, you agree with the following statements:

I have been informed that if I do not show up or show up late for an experiment I have registered for, this may lead to the experiment having to be cancelled. Therefore, I will inform the experimenter at least 24 hours in advance if I am not able to attend the experiment except for extenuating circumstances.

Note that each time you do not show up for an experiment you have registered for without informing the experimenter on time or providing any plausible reason, a distinctive mark will be added to your reputation score (see your personal data on the web site once you have registered online). The more distinctive marks you have the lower your chances to be invited for future experiments. Once your reputation score contains three distinctive marks, you will not be invited anymore to take part in economics experiments.

Privacy policy

Laboratory Experiments

You are entering the "Recruitment System" of the University of Calgary Behavioural and Economics Experiments Laboratory. All information provided by you is strictly voluntary. The following rules apply to all information provided by you to the "Recruitment System":
- At no time will the administrator of the "Recruitment System" release personal information to anyone other than the experimenter conducting the session for which you are registered.
- At no time will the personal information contained in the "Recruitment System" be attached to the decisions made in a session. ALL DECISIONS ARE ANONYMOUS!
- At no time will the administrator of the "Recruitment System" use personal information for anything other than scheduling purposes.
All information provided to the "Recruitment System" is strictly confidential. If you have any questions or comments regarding your personal information you may contact:

oxoby@ucalgary.ca

Do you agree with the rules outlined above?

For questions please contact cbeel@ucalgary.ca.

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