Experimental Economics

Lab and field experiments, oTree, classical replications, meta-analysis of behavioral findings.
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Experimental Economics

Lab and field experiments, oTree, classical replications, meta-analysis of behavioral findings.

The p-beauty contest: level-k thinking and iterated dominance

experimental-economics
bounded-rationality
level-k-thinking

Simulate the p-beauty contest guessing game to explore bounded rationality, level-k thinking, and the gap between Nash equilibrium predictions and experimental behaviour.

May 8, 2026

Dictator game and pure altruism

experimental-economics
dictator-game
altruism
other-regarding-preferences

The dictator game as a test of pure altruism versus strategic motives, with warm-glow and CES utility models calibrated to Engel’s (2011) meta-analysis of experimental giving distributions.

May 8, 2026

The public goods game — free-riding in the laboratory

experimental-economics
public-goods
free-riding

Implement the linear public goods game in R, analyse experimental data patterns including the decay of cooperation over rounds, and model how punishment mechanisms sustain contributions.

May 8, 2026

Trust game and reciprocity

experimental-economics
trust-game
reciprocity
backward-induction

The Berg, Dickhaut & McCabe (1995) trust game as a test of trust and reciprocity: backward induction predicts zero investment, yet experimental evidence shows substantial trust and conditional reciprocity, modelled here with heterogeneous reciprocity preferences.

May 8, 2026

The Voluntary Contribution Mechanism for Public Goods

experimental-economics
public-goods
free-riding

Implement the classic linear public goods game in R, simulating declining contributions, the restart effect, and the impact of the marginal per-capita return on free-riding behaviour, with comparison to punishment mechanisms.

May 8, 2026
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