The Making of Experimental Economics [electronic resource] : Witness Seminar on the Emergence of a Field /
Svorenčík, Andrej.editor.
Maas, Harro.editor.
This book is the transcript of a witness seminar on the history of experimental economics, in which eleven high-profile experimental economists participated, including Nobel Laureates Vernon Smith, Reinhard Selten and Alvin Roth. The witness seminar was constructed along four different topics: skills, community, laboratory, and funding. The transcript is preceded by an introduction explaining the method of the witness seminar and its specific set-up, and resuming its results. The participants' contribution and their lively discussion provide a wealth of insights into the emergence of experimental economics as a field of research. .
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Includes bibliographical references.
A Witness Seminar on the Emergence of Experimental Economics -- The Very Beginnings -- The Growth of a Community -- Funding -- Knowledge and Skills -- Laboratories -- History and Future -- Episodes from the Early History of Experimentation in Economics -- Biographies of Participants.
This book is the transcript of a witness seminar on the history of experimental economics, in which eleven high-profile experimental economists participated, including Nobel Laureates Vernon Smith, Reinhard Selten and Alvin Roth. The witness seminar was constructed along four different topics: skills, community, laboratory, and funding. The transcript is preceded by an introduction explaining the method of the witness seminar and its specific set-up, and resuming its results. The participants' contribution and their lively discussion provide a wealth of insights into the emergence of experimental economics as a field of research. .
Behavioral economics.
Economic theory.
Mathematics.
Economic history.
Social sciences
Behavioral/Experimental Economics.
Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.
Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences.
History of Economic Thought/Methodology.
Methodology of the Social Sciences.