Farmers’ performance and subject pool effect in decentralized bargaining markets
We report results from a decentralized bargaining market experiment conducted with farmers and students. Our results indicate that despite its bad reputation, performance is highly efficient (although not as efficient as the competitive equilibrium prediction). Farmers and students perform similarly...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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2012
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Economics letters
Year: 2012, Volume: 115, Issue: 3, Pages: 366-368 |
| ISSN: | 0165-1765 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.econlet.2011.12.054 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2011.12.054 Verlag, Volltext: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165176511005775 
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| Author Notes: | Israel Waichman, Christiane Ness |
| Summary: | We report results from a decentralized bargaining market experiment conducted with farmers and students. Our results indicate that despite its bad reputation, performance is highly efficient (although not as efficient as the competitive equilibrium prediction). Farmers and students perform similarly regarding quantities, prices, and allocative efficiencies, but not regarding payoff allocations between buyers and sellers. |
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| Item Description: | Available online 3 January 2012 Gesehen am 27.06.2018 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 0165-1765 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.econlet.2011.12.054 |