The Making of Experimental Economics Witness Seminar on the Emergence of a Field /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Svorenčík, Andrej (Editor), Maas, Harro (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Subjects: Game theory.; Economic history.; Economic theory.; Social sciences.; Economics.; Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.; Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences.; Methodology/History of Economic Thought.; Methodology of the Social Sciences.

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: skill...

Table of Contents:

• 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.