The Handbook of Experimental Economics, Volume 2

An indispensable survey of new developments and results in experimental economics

When The Handbook of Experimental Economics first came out in 1995, the notion of economists conducting lab experiments to generate data was relatively new. Since then, the field has exploded. This second volume of the Handbook covers some of the most exciting new growth areas in experimental economics, presents the latest results and experimental methods, and identifies promising new directions for future research.

Featuring contributions by leading practitioners, the Handbook describes experiments in macroeconomics, charitable giving, neuroeconomics, other-regarding preferences, market design, political economy, subject population effects, gender effects, auctions, and learning and the economics of small decisions. Contributors focus on key developments and report on experiments, highlighting the dialogue between experimenters and theorists. While most of the experiments consist of laboratory studies, the book also includes several chapters that report extensively on field experiments related to the subject area studied.

• Covers exciting new growth areas in experimental economics
• Features contributions by leading experts
• Describes experiments in macroeconomics, charitable giving, neuroeconomics, market design, political economy, gender effects, auctions, and more
• Highlights the dialogue by experimenters with theorists and each other
• Includes several chapters covering field experiments related to the subject area studied

Author: John H. Kagel
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 10/04/2016
Pages: 776
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 3.45lbs
Size: 10.10h x 7.30w x 1.70d
ISBN: 9780691139999

Review Citation(s):
Choice 03/01/2017

About the Author
John H. Kagel is University Chaired Professor of Applied Economics and director of the Economics Laboratory at Ohio State University. Alvin E. Roth, co-winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in economics, is the Craig and Susan McCaw Professor of Economics at Stanford University and the George Gund Professor of Economics and Business Administration Emeritus at Harvard University. They are the editors of The Handbook of Experimental Economics (Princeton)