Student Experience during game

• Students are randomly assigned, as they log in, to one of the countries

• The game is divided in a number of rounds, typically 4

• In each round, students decide
  • How much to produce of each good
  • Whether to post a trade
  • Whether to accept a posted trade, and
  • How much to consume of each good

• During the round, students know
  • The parameters and of their country
  • How their score is computed
  • Remaining time till the end of the round
  • Remaining labor endowment
  • Inventory of goods produced, offered for trade, or available to consume
  • Cumulative and current score

• The score is computed as the utility of consumption during the round

• Utility is scaled so that a value of 1 is the optimal utility under autarky; values over 1 indicate gains from trade