| Description |
xvi, 721 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction to Experimental Economics / Alvin E. Roth -- 2. Public Goods: A Survey of Experimental Research / John O. Ledyard -- 3. Coordination Problems / Jack Ochs -- 4. Bargaining Experiments / Alvin E. Roth -- 5. Industrial Organization: A Survey of Laboratory Research / Charles A. Holt -- 6. Experimental Asset Markets: A Survey / Shyam Sunder -- 7. Auctions: A Survey of Experimental Research / John H. Kagel -- 8. Individual Decision Making / Colin Camerer |
| Summary |
The work aims both to help specialists set an agenda for future research and to provide nonspecialists with a critical review of work completed to date. Its focus is on elucidating the role of experimental studies as a progressive research tool so that, whenever possible, the emphasis is on looking at a series of experiments that build on one another. The contributors to the volume - Colin Camerer, Charles A. Holt, John H. Kagel, John O. Ledyard, Jack Ochs, Alvin E. Roth, and Shyam Sunder - adopt a particular methodological point of view: the way to learn how to design and conduct experiments is to consider how good experiments grow organically out of the issues and hypotheses they are designed to investigate |
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This book, which comprises eight chapters, presents a comprehensive critical survey of the results and methods of laboratory experiments in economics. The first chapter provides an introduction to experimental economics as a whole, while the remaining chapters provide surveys by leading practitioners in areas of economics that have seen a concentration of experiments: public goods, coordination problems, bargaining, industrial organization, asset markets, auctions, and individual decision making |
| Analysis |
Economics Research |
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Economics Research |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 683-703) and indexes |
| Subject |
Economics -- Methodology.
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Experimental economics.
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| Author |
Kagel, John H. (John Henry), 1942-
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Roth, Alvin E., 1951-
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| LC no. |
94042500 |
| ISBN |
069104290X (acid-free paper) |
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0691058970 (paperback) |
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