A Celebration of Vernon Smith's 90th Birthday and Lifetime Contributions to Economics and Beyond: Experiments That Inform Policy.

The article highlights the contributions of economist Vernon Smith to the field and discusses his work on experiments that test and inform policy. It describes the approach used by Smith in his experimental economics research. It discusses the area of smart markets where tests of institutional desig...

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Publicado en:Southern Economic Journal Vol. 83; no. 3; pp. 661 - 664
Autor principal: Kruse, Jamie Brown
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Jan2017
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Sumario:The article highlights the contributions of economist Vernon Smith to the field and discusses his work on experiments that test and inform policy. It describes the approach used by Smith in his experimental economics research. It discusses the area of smart markets where tests of institutional design interact with policy proposals. The author commends the ability of Smith to convey complex ideas with logical simplicity.