TY - GEN AV - public A1 - Merkel, Anna Louisa TI - Essays in Experimental Economics N2 - This dissertation consists of four essays which use laboratory experiments to gather causal evidence on important economic questions and theories. Part 1 (chapters 2 and 3) contributes to a literature in Behavioral Economics by analyzing the role of heuristics and biases in explaining social choices in one-shot games and decisions. Part 2 (chapters 4 and 5) contributes to a literature in Public Economics by asking how the decision rule affects the type of agreements made as well as the efficiency of such agreements. UR - https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/25611/ Y1 - 2018/// ID - heidok25611 ER -