The Making of Experimental Economics

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

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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: 978-3-319-36906-8
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. August 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 397g
• ISBN-13: 9783319369068
• ISBN-10: 3319369067
• Artikelnr.: 48941430

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.