ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Experimental economics

Experimental economics is like playing a game with your friends to learn about money and how people use it. In experiments, people are given fake money (like pretend coins or monopoly money) that they can use to buy and sell things from each other. Then, researchers can watch how people act when they have money and how they use it. This helps researchers learn about how people make decisions about money and how it affects the economy in different ways.