Bridging the Lab and the Field: Three Essays on Experiments in Virtual Worlds

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dc.contributor.advisorMcCabe, Kevin
dc.contributor.authorTwieg, Peter Benjamin
dc.creatorTwieg, Peter Benjamin
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-21T19:17:19Z
dc.date.available2018-10-21T19:17:19Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractOne persistant concern without experimental economics is the problem of generalizability from behaviors observed within the experimental laboratory to various field contexts. Described as the problem of ``parallelism'' by Vernon Smith, these issues have inspired the development of a variety of methodological tools within experimental economics. This dissertation focuses on one such tool that has risen to prominence in recent years: The use of online virtual worlds as that manage to blend the different advantages of laboratory research and field experiments in order to enable the exploration of new economic questions using experimental methods.
dc.format.extent167 pages
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1920/11139
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsCopyright 2017 Peter Benjamin Twieg
dc.subjectEconomics
dc.subjectBehavioral sciences
dc.subjectExperiment
dc.subjectMethodology
dc.subjectProperty Rights
dc.subjectTragedy of the Commons
dc.subjectTrust
dc.subjectVirtual World
dc.titleBridging the Lab and the Field: Three Essays on Experiments in Virtual Worlds
dc.typeDissertation
thesis.degree.disciplineEconomics
thesis.degree.grantorGeorge Mason University
thesis.degree.levelPh.D.

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