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Book SynopsisThe
Handbook of Experimental Game Theory offers a comprehensive analysis of the field, discussing foundational topics that are at the core of applied game theory. It highlights the nuances that scientific experiments have delivered to our understanding of strategic interactions among decision makers.
Leading experts explore methodological considerations and games of complete and incomplete information to offer new directions for research in experimental game theory. Chapters demonstrate transformative behavioral research focused on classic topics in game theory such as cooperation and coordination games. Taking a scientific approach to the study of game theory, this innovative Handbook provides an insight into laboratory and field experiments that test game theoretic propositions and suggests new ways of modeling strategic behavior. It takes a forward-thinking position, addressing the challenges inherent in innovations surrounding the measurement of strategic behavior using experimental methods.
This Handbook will prove to be a valuable resource for scholars and students who are looking to gain a broader understanding of experimental game theory and how to contribute to its advancement. It will also be of particular interest to researchers in experimental and behavioral economics.
Trade Review'This Handbook is a must-have resource for experimental economists and game theorists. It consists of authoritative contributions from top researchers in the areas it covers. The topics range from methodology to surveys of important and active research in experimental game theory. The Handbook is both rigorous in its treatment of the topics as well as accessible to readers not familiar with the areas of coverage.' --Charles Noussair, University of Arizona, US
'Every game theorist and experimental economist should have this book and use it to analyze data, design experiments, and understand their results.'
--Elizabeth Hoffman, Iowa State University, US
Table of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Handbook of Experimental Game Theory 1 C. Mónica Capra, Rachel T.A. Croson, Mary L. Rigdon and Tanya S. Rosenblat PART I A SAMPLING OF METHODOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS 1 Stochastic game theory for social science: a primer on quantal response equilibrium 8 Jacob K. Goeree, Charles A. Holt and Thomas R. Palfrey 2 The experimetrics of depth-of-reasoning models 48 Peter G. Moffatt 3 The process of choice in games 69 Giorgio Coricelli, Luca Polonio and Alexander Vostroknutov 4 Games with continuous-time experimental protocols 95 Alexander L. Brown and Daniel G. Stephenson 5 Bargaining in the field 125 Marco Castillo and Ragan Petrie PART II EXPERIMENTS ON STATIC AND DYNAMIC GAMES OF COMPLETE INFORMATION 6 Recent advances in experimental coordination games 149 David J. Cooper and Roberto A. Weber 7 Public goods, norms and cooperation 184 Marie Claire Villeval 8 Cooperation among strangers with and without a monetary system 213 Maria Bigoni, Gabriele Camera and Marco Casari 9 Game-theoretic accounts of social norms: the role of normative expectations 241 Cristina Bicchieri and Alessandro Sontuoso 10 Strategies used by non-human primates in dynamic games 256 Mackenzie F. Webster, Julia Watzek and Sarah F. Brosnan 11 Reciprocity in games with unknown types 271 Garret Ridinger and Michael McBride 12 Behavioral rules 289 Carlos Alós-Ferrer and Johannes Buckenmaier PART III EXPERIMENTS ON STATIC AND DYNAMIC GAMES OF INCOMPLETE INFORMATION 13 Strategic information transmission: a survey of experiments and theoretical foundations 311 Andreas Blume, Ernest K. Lai and Wooyoung Lim 14 Communication and information in games of collective decision: a survey of experimental results 348 César Martinelli and Thomas R. Palfrey 15 Voting game experiments with incomplete information: a survey 376 Jens Großer 16 Experiments in market design 399 Siqi Pan Index
