The Making of Experimental Economics

Witness Seminar on the Emergence of a Field
Herausgegeben:Svorencík, Andrej; Maas, Harro

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.
This book was awarded with best book prize of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought (ESHET) in 2018.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer International Publishing / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-319-20951-7
• 1st ed. 2016
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 546g
• ISBN-13: 9783319209517
• ISBN-10: 3319209515
• Artikelnr.: 42923025

Inhaltsangabe

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.