An historical overview of experimental economics points out significant analogies between its origins and the contemporary emergence of game theory. In both cases, their effective introduction in economics was postponed until the 1960s. Such a delay cannot be ascribed to the supposed division between empirical and theoretical work but to the fact that in the 1950s experimental methodologies, such as game theory, were mainly developed by scholars of other social sciences which forced a re-examination of the prevailing postulates of economic theory. This interdisciplinary community gave rise to two different approaches: the sociopsychological one represented by experimental games, and the economic-managerial one represented by business games. Although both approaches were an outgrowth of game theory, the prevalence of the first had important consequences on subsequent developments

Innocenti, A. (2000). The Early Developments of Experimental Economics: the Influence of Game Theory. QUADERNI DEL DIPARTIMENTO DI ECONOMIA POLITICA, 287, 1-23.

The Early Developments of Experimental Economics: the Influence of Game Theory

INNOCENTI, ALESSANDRO
2000-01-01

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An historical overview of experimental economics points out significant analogies between its origins and the contemporary emergence of game theory. In both cases, their effective introduction in economics was postponed until the 1960s. Such a delay cannot be ascribed to the supposed division between empirical and theoretical work but to the fact that in the 1950s experimental methodologies, such as game theory, were mainly developed by scholars of other social sciences which forced a re-examination of the prevailing postulates of economic theory. This interdisciplinary community gave rise to two different approaches: the sociopsychological one represented by experimental games, and the economic-managerial one represented by business games. Although both approaches were an outgrowth of game theory, the prevalence of the first had important consequences on subsequent developments
2000
Innocenti, A. (2000). The Early Developments of Experimental Economics: the Influence of Game Theory. QUADERNI DEL DIPARTIMENTO DI ECONOMIA POLITICA, 287, 1-23.
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