Experiments in economics / John D. Hey.
By: Hey, John Denis.
Material type: BookSeries: Uncertainty and expectations in economics.Publisher: Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, USA : Blackwell, 1991Description: xi, 242 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0631179895.Subject(s): Economics | Uncertainty | Rational expectations (Economic theory) | Negotiation in business | Decision makingDDC classification: 330Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 330 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00042019 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-236) and indexes.
Introduction -- Part I: Methodological issues -- Experimental and non-experimental methods in economics -- Practical details of laboratory experimentation in economics -- Part II: Experiments on individual decision-making under risk -- The theories to be investigated -- An example of a simple experiment -- A broad survey of other experimental studies -- Part III: Experiments on individual economic behaviour under risk -- An example of a simple set of search experiments -- A consumption experiment -- A broad survey of other experimental studies -- Part IV: Experiments on interactive economic behaviour -- The economic theories of games and bargaining -- Experiments on games and bargaining -- The economic theories of auctions and markets -- Experiments on auctions and markets -- Part V: Concluding remarks -- Other experimental work -- Conclusions and suggestions for future research.