The Making of Experimental Economics

Witness Seminar on the Emergence of a Field
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-3-319-36906-8
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 245 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 3927 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Maas, Harro

Svorencík, Andrej

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Geschichte der VWL

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.