About the VCU Experimental Laboratory for Economics and Business Research

The VCU Experimental Laboratory for Economics and Business Research opened in 1986. It was one of the first laboratories dedicated to computer-mediated experiments in economics and the first in the United States to use a PC-based network.

Currently, seven VCU faculty are associated with the laboratory. Research in the laboratory has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and Virginia Commonwealth University.

The lab consists of 32 networked machines, with a temporarily expandable capacity to 96 machines. Portable isolators are used to ensure the privacy of participant decisions. The laboratory is available to faculty and graduate students at Virginia Commonwealth University who wish to use laboratory methods in their research. IRB approval must be obtained prior to conducting research.

Play Games. Earn Cash. Help Science.

We are looking for members of the VCU community to participate in experimental sessions.


By signing up, you will:

  • Play decision-making games with your peers
  • Earn cash paid at the end of the experimental session
  • Help science understand how individuals make decisions

We will contact you when a space becomes available, and you can choose to accept or decline the invitation.

Sign up now!

Laboratory Faculty

Alisa Brink

Department Chair,
KPMG Teaching Excellence Professor,
Accounting
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Bernhard Reichert

Associate Professor,
Accounting
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Caleb Cox

Associate Professor,
Economics
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Douglas Davis

Laboratory Director,
Professor,
Economics
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Oleg Korenok

Department Chair,
Professor,
Economics
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John Lightle

Associate Professor,
Economics
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Daniel Stephenson

Associate Professor,
Economics
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Former Members

Asen Ivanov
Assistant Professor, Economics

Laura Razzolini
Professor, Economics

Edward L. Millner
Professor, Economics
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Robert Reilly
Professor, Economics

 

Published Research

Laboratory Funding