eprintid: 25611 rev_number: 13 eprint_status: archive userid: 4096 dir: disk0/00/02/56/11 datestamp: 2018-11-22 07:48:07 lastmod: 2018-12-20 08:33:22 status_changed: 2018-11-22 07:48:07 type: doctoralThesis metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Merkel, Anna Louisa title: Essays in Experimental Economics subjects: 300 subjects: 330 divisions: 181000 adv_faculty: af-18 abstract: 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. date: 2018 id_scheme: DOI id_number: 10.11588/heidok.00025611 ppn_swb: 1658564626 own_urn: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-256115 date_accepted: 2018-11-07 advisor: HASH(0x564e1c3cc3d8) language: eng bibsort: MERKELANNAESSAYSINEX2018 full_text_status: public citation: Merkel, Anna Louisa (2018) Essays in Experimental Economics. [Dissertation] document_url: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/25611/1/Anna%20Merkel_Essays%20in%20Experimental%20Economics.pdf