Friday, February 11, 2011

Experiments in Industrial Organization

Hans-Theo Normann and Bradley Ruffle have edited a special issue of the International Journal of Industrial Organization on Experiments in Industrial Organization


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Introduction to the special issue on experiments in industrial organization  
Pages 1-3
Hans-Theo Normann, Bradley Ruffle

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An experimental study of exclusive contracts  Original Research Article
Pages 4-13
Angela M. Smith
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Buyer confusion and market prices  Original Research Article
Pages 14-22
Kenan Kalaycı, Jan Potters

Research highlights

Buyer confusion and market prices ► Sellers make it hard for buyers to assess the quality of their goods ► As a result buyers are confused about the relative quality of different goods ► This allows sellers to increase their prices.
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Information value and externalities in reputation building  Original Research Article
Pages 23-33
Gary E. Bolton, Axel Ockenfels, Felix Ebeling
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Auctions with toeholds: An experimental study of company takeovers  Original Research Article
Pages 34-45
Sotiris Georganas, Rosemarie Nagel
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An experimental test of automatic mitigation of wholesale electricity prices  Original Research Article
Pages 46-53
Daniel L. Shawhan, Kent D. Messer, William D. Schulze, Richard E. Schuler
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Auctions with resale when private values are uncertain: Evidence from the lab and field  Original Research Article
Pages 54-64
Andreas Lange, John A. List, Michael K. Price
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Is there a U-shaped relation between competition and investment?  Original Research Article
Pages 65-73
Dario Sacco, Armin Schmutzler
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An experiment on spatial competition with endogenous pricing  Original Research Article
Pages 74-83
Iván Barreda-Tarrazona, Aurora García-Gallego, Nikolaos Georgantzís, Joaquín Andaluz-Funcia, Agustín Gil-Sanz
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Fighting collusion in auctions: An experimental investigation  Original Research Article
Pages 84-96
Audrey Hu, Theo Offerman, Sander Onderstal
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Can real-effort investments inhibit the convergence of experimental markets?  Original Research Article
Pages 97-103
Timothy N. Cason, Lata Gangadharan, Nikos Nikiforakis
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Group identity in markets  Original Research Article
Pages 104-115
Sherry Xin Li, Kutsal Dogan, Ernan Haruvy
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Rent seeking in groups  Original Research Article
Pages 116-125
T.K. Ahn, R. Mark Isaac, Timothy C. Salmon
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Cartel formation and pricing: The effect of managerial decision-making rules  Original Research Article
Pages 126-133
Joris Gillet, Arthur Schram, Joep Sonnemans
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Price dynamics and collusion under short-run price commitments  Original Research Article
Pages 134-153
Kasper Leufkens, Ronald Peeters