Witness Seminar on Experimental Economics records, 2010-2019

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Summary

Creator:
Svorenčik, Andrej
Abstract:
Andrej Svorenčik and Harro Maas organized the "Witness Seminar on Experimental Economics" at the Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2010. This collection documents the planning and execution of the event, and the subsequent publication of corresponding book, The Making of Experimental Economics: Witness Seminar on the Emergence of a Field. It was acquired as part of the Economists' Papers Archive.
Extent:
13.3 Gigabytes (One set.)
Language:
Material in English.
Collection ID:
RL.11848

Background

Scope and content:

This collection includes recordings, transcripts, and planning documents from the "Witness Seminar on Experimental Economics" held on 28-29 May 2010 at the Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Economists who attended the seminar and who are represented in the collection are: James Friedman, Stephen Rassenti, Frans van Winden, Alvin Roth, Charles Holt, John Kagel, Vernon Smith, John Ledyard, Charles Plott, Elizabeth Hoffman, and Reinhard Selten. In addition, the collection includes drafts and proofs of the book that resulted from the seminar, The Making of Experimental Economics: Witness Seminar on the Emergence of a Field.

Biographical / historical:

Andrej Svorenčik studied theoretical physics and economics in his native Slovakia and social sciences at California Institute of Technology. He defended his dissertation on the history of experimental economics at the University of Utrecht in 2015. In 2010 Svorenčik, along with history of economics scholar Harro Maas, organized the Witness Seminar on Experimental Economics at the Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).

Acquisition information:
The Witness Seminar on Experimental Economics records were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library as gifts in 2018 and 2020.
Processing information:

Processed by Laurin Penland and Matthew Farrell, May 2020.

Accessions described in this collection guide: 2018-0159 and 2020-0051.

Arrangement:

The Witness Seminar on Experimental Economics records are arranged in their original order, as provided by their creator. Original file titles were kept.

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