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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Hauptverfasser: Waichman, Israel (VerfasserIn) , Ness, Christiane (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2012
In: Economics letters
Year: 2012, Jahrgang: 115, Heft: 3, Pages: 366-368
ISSN:0165-1765
DOI:10.1016/j.econlet.2011.12.054
Online-Zugang: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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Verfasserangaben:Israel Waichman, Christiane Ness
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Zusammenfassung: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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ISSN:0165-1765
DOI:10.1016/j.econlet.2011.12.054