2011 ICES Summer High School Workshop in Economics

What will I do at the ICES Summer Workshop?

• Actively participate in decision making in markets and the leaning process
• Learn how to apply scientific methods and fundamental economic concepts to explain individual behaviors and the emergence of markets
• Learn how to employ economic concepts to better understand current social, political, and economic events
• Get informed about reliable economics sources for further intellectual advancement
• Earn cash daily from your decisions during experimental games

What are students expected to learn?
After the workshop, students are expected to understand how and why

• Everything in the market has a cost
• Trade-offs are part of solutions
• Incentives guide our decision making process
• Voluntary exchange and protected property rights create value
• Prices help gather the dispersed knowledge
• Profits direct scarce resources to those that value them the most

What will I be provided with?

• Breakfast, lunch, and refreshments
• Workshop Package: t-shirt, agenda, the list of staff contact information, the list of participant biographies and photos, the list of suggested readings, the directory of reliable online economic sources, journals, blogs, etc
• Other necessary supplies