Rate-of-return dominance and efficiency in an experimental economy

Economic Theory

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 629-660

  Camera, Gabriele ^a   Noussair, Charles ^b   Tucker, Steven ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Experimental overlapping generations model; Monetary equilibrium; Rate of return dominance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242389840     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00199-002-0323-6     Document Type: Article

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