In this article, we report the results of a pedagogical experiment involving 118 first-year undergraduate students. In a course on the ?tragedy of the commons?, some students (in ?experimental? sections) participated in a brief classroom game while others (in ?control? sections) received a...

The inclusion of classroom experiments in courses is one of the major innovations in the teaching of economics. The experimental approach is a very efficient pedagogic tool that allows a more intuitive and comprehensive presentation of theoretical concepts without necessarily implying a less...