Organizers:

Douglas D. Davis, Virginia Commonwealth University

Session Chairs:

Arthur Zillante, University of North Carolina - Charlotte

Papers:

"A Test of the Consistency of Risk Aversion Across Institutions"
Russ Engel, Florida State University (Contact Author)

"Advance Production Duopolies With Posted Prices or Market-Clearing Prices"
David Goodwin, The Conference Board of Canada

"The Use and Abuse of Prediction Markets"
Robin Hanson, George Mason University
Chris Hibbert, CommerceNet
Ryan Oprea, University of California - Santa Cruz
David Porter, George Mason University
Dorina Tila, George Mason University

"Gossip and Lemons Market"
Bart J. Wilson, George Mason University
Arthur Zillante, University of North Carolina - Charlotte

Discussants:

Douglas D. Davis, Virginia Commonwealth University
Jack Stecher, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration
Cary A. Deck, University of Arkansas

Organizers:

David E. Mills, University of Virginia

Session Chairs:

David E. Mills, University of Virginia

Papers:

"Do Buyer-Size Discounts Depend on the Curvature of the Surplus Function? Experimental Tests of Bargaining Models"
Hans-Theo Normann, University of London
Bradley J. Ruffle, Ben-Gurion University
Christopher M. Snyder, Dartmouth College

"Super Market Buyer Power in Action"
Ronald W. Cotterill, University of Connecticut (Contact Author)

"Antitrust Standards for Monopolizating Behavior"
Roger D. Blair, University of Florida (Contact Author)
John Edward Lopatka, A. Robert Noll Distinguished Professor of Law, Pennsylvania State University

Discussants:

Douglas D. Davis, Virginia Commonwealth University
Adam D. Rennhoff, Drexel University
John W. Mayo, Georgetown University

Organizers:

Douglas D. Davis, Virginia Commonwealth University

Session Chairs:

Juergen Huber, University of Innsbruck and Yale University

Papers:

"Information Processing in Strategic Environments: Herds and Cascades in Markets with Sequential Bids: An Experimental Analysis"
George Joseph, Rutgers University
Barry Sopher, Rutgers University

"When Better Forecasting Abilities Can Be Harmful: Information From An Experimental Financial Market"
Juergen Huber, University of Innsbruck and Yale University (Contact Author)

"Rematching, Information and Sequence Effects in Extensively Repeated Posted Offer Markets"
Douglas D. Davis, Virginia Commonwealth University
Oleg Korenok, Virginia Commonwealth University
Robert J. Reilly, Virginia Commonwealth University

Discussants:

Mathias Erlei, Clausthal University of Technology
Ryan Oprea, University of California - Santa Cruz
Jamie Brown Kruse, East Carolina University and Center for Natural Hazards Research

Organizers:

Douglas D. Davis, Virginia Commonwealth University

Session Chairs:

Douglas D. Davis, Virginia Commonwealth University

Papers:

"On Rebate Subsidies, Matching Subsidies and the Methodology of Experiments"
Douglas D. Davis, Virginia Commonwealth University (Contact Author)

"Testing Game Theory With Nash Agents"
Paul J. Ferraro, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

"Removing the Confusion Confound in Public Goods Experiments"
Christian A. Vossler, University of Tennessee - Knoxville (Contact Author)
Paul J. Ferraro, Georgia State University

"Language Games of Reciprocity"
Bart J. Wilson, George Mason University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Catherine C. Eckel, University of Texas - Dallas
Roberto A. Weber, Carnegie Mellon University
Joseph Tao-yi Wang, California Institute of Technology
R. Mark Isaac, Florida State University