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Survey of Experimental Economics

Emergence of Experimental Economics

Vol - XLVI No. 35, August 27, 2011 | Daniel Friedman, Gautam Gupta, Neeraj Hatekar, Santanu Mitra, Shyam Sunder, and Sujoy Chakravarty

The survey begins, in Part 1, with a presentation of the historical emergence of the subject and provides the methodological justification for economics experiments. In presenting the history of the field, Part I also discusses the forces that impelled or impeded its evolution.

Experiments on Individual Decision-Making

Vol - XLVI No. 35, August 27, 2011 | Daniel Friedman, Gautam Gupta, Neeraj Hatekar, Santanu Mitra, Shyam Sunder, and Sujoy Chakravarty

Part 2 of the survey looks at experimental results dealing with individual choice. The discussion compares the two dominant experimental methodologies that govern individual decision-making experiments in social science. It then discusses decision-making experiments under two main heads - the psychology-oriented experiments (or what has now morphed into behavioural economics) and experiments that test observed behaviour against theoretical benchmarks derived from neoclassical microeconomic theory. The last section provides an overview and looks ahead to the future of experiments in decision-making.

Experiments in Macroeconomics and Finance

Vol - XLVI No. 35, August 27, 2011 | Daniel Friedman, Gautam Gupta, Neeraj Hatekar, Santanu Mitra, Shyam Sunder, and Sujoy Chakravarty

Part 3 reviews experiments in finance and economics, with an emphasis on evaluating the learning from such experiments.

Public Goods Experiments and Social Preferences

Vol - XLVI No. 35, August 27, 2011 | Daniel Friedman, Gautam Gupta, Neeraj Hatekar, Santanu Mitra, Shyam Sunder, and Sujoy Chakravarty

Part 4 of the survey offers an overview of public goods experiments, an area where experimentation has been particularly fruitful.

Experiments in the Indian Context

Vol - XLVI No. 35, August 27, 2011 | Daniel Friedman, Gautam Gupta, Neeraj Hatekar, Santanu Mitra, Shyam Sunder, and Sujoy Chakravarty

Over the past few years, experimental economics has become increasingly visible in research activity in India.The concluding part of this survey offers a brief overview of experiments conducted in the Indian context. These have been largely field experiments.