Search for dissertations about: "Experimental auction"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the words Experimental auction.

  2. 1. Essays on experimental economics : bargaining, auctions, reservation-price elicitation and political stock markets

    Author : Joakim Sonnegård; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Experimental methods are used to investigate five separate topics in economics:Determination of First Movers in Sequential Bargaining Games: An Experimental Study: Experimental research has found that first movers in bargaining games tend to offer their counterparts more than noncooperative game theory predicts. Previous experiments on bargaining games have frequently been designed in such a way that the first mover is determined randomly among the experimental subjects. READ MORE

  4. 2. From Personal to Impersonal Exchange in Ideas : Experimental Study of Trade in Organized Markets for Patents

    Author : Eskil Ullberg; Björn Hårsman; Thomas W. Hazlett; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; experimental economics; patent markets; patents; mechanism design; linear contracts; institutional design; patent system design; economic system design; development policy; Business and economics; Ekonomi;

    Abstract : The patent system has developed over a period of over 500 years. The initial motivation was a desire to import privately held technology to advance economic development, offering excluding and transferrable rights through licensing to “inventors” for the disclosure and perfection of their “contrivance” (invention). READ MORE

  5. 3. Evaluating implementation strategies for improved food safety in Vietnam

    Author : Hai Hoang Tuan Ngo; Johanna Lindahl; Mats Målqvist; Hung Nguyen-Viet; Fred Unger; Phuc Pham-Duc; Coen van Wagenberg; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Food safety; Intervention; Pork value chain; Cost of illness; Cost-Benefit analysis; Microbial contamination; Experimental auction; Salmonella;

    Abstract : Pork is the most popular and consumed meat in Vietnam, and the preference among consumers for fresh and “warm” pork makes the traditional pork value chain dominate the pork industry. This thesis assessed microbial contamination in pork, then evaluated the technical and economic aspects of light-touch interventions in improving the safety of pork in the small-scale value chain. READ MORE

  6. 4. Multi-unit common value auctions : theory and experiments

    Author : Joakim Ahlberg; Lars Hultkrantz; Jan-Eric Nilsson; Jerker Holm; Statens väg- och transportforskningsinstitut; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Multi-Unit Auction; Common Value Auction; Laboratory Experiment; Game Theory; Economics; Q Economics; Q Economics; Economics;

    Abstract : Research on auctions that involve more than one identical item for sale was,almost non-existing in the 90’s, but has since then been getting increasing attention. External incentives for this research have come from the US spectrum, sales, the European 3G mobile-phone auctions,  and Internet auctions. READ MORE

  7. 5. Studies of framing, judgment and choice

    Author : Ann Hedborg; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This dissertation consists of four essays. Essay 1: Studies of Framing, Judgement and Choice. Essays 2-4, the main essays in this dissertation, present studies within the research domain of economic psychology. The focus in these three essays is to investigate how people form their judgements and their choices in different contexts. READ MORE