Econ 2220: Topics in Experimental Economics

Readings for Lecture 2: Ultimatum games

·         *Andreoni, James, Marco Castillo and Ragan Petrie. ”What do Bargainers Preferences Look Like? Experiments with a Convex Ultimatum Game.” American Economic Review, 2003, 93(3), pp. 672-685.

·          Andreoni, James, William H. Harbaugh and Lise Vesterlund. “The Carrot or the Stick: Rewards, Punishments and Cooperation.” American Economic Review, 2003, 93(3), pp. 893-902.

·         *Forsythe, Robert, Joel Horowitz, N.S. Savin and Martin Sefton. “Fairness in Simple Bargaining Experiments.” Games and Economic Behavior, 1994, 6(3), pp. 347-369.

·         *Guth, Werner, R. Schmittberger and B. Schwartz. “An Experimental Analysis of Ultimatum Bargaining.” Journal of Games and Economic Behavior,1982, 3(4), pp. 367-388.

·         Ochs, Jack and Alvin E. Roth. “An Experimental Study of Sequential Bargaining.” American Economic Review, 1989, 79(3), pp. 355-384.

·         Roth, Alvin E., V. Prasnikar, M. Okunofujiwara and S. Zamir. “Bargaining and Market Behavior in Jerusalem, Ljubljana, Pittsburgh, and Tokyo: An Experimental Study.” American Economic Review, 1991, 81(5), pp. 1068-1095.

·         Slonim, Robert and Alvin E. Roth. “Learning in High Stakes Ultimatum Games: An Experiment in the Slovak Republic.” Econometrica, 1988, 66(3), pp. 569-596.


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