Asset Markets in the Lab: a literature review

Morone, Andrea and Nuzzo, Simone (2016): Asset Markets in the Lab: a literature review.

Abstract

This paper aims at providing both non-specialist and specialist readers with an overview of the several topics that have been addressed in the field of experimental asset markets. Rather than being exhaustive in any single topic, this review is meant to gather the several research strands and to provide a powerful picture of the main advances on the use of experimental techniques for the study of financial markets.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Experimental Asset Markets
• Subjects: C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C9 - Design of Experiments; G - Financial Economics > G1 - General Financial Markets > G10 - General

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