We present a general overview of papers that employ laboratory experiments to study
oligopoly markets. We focus on papers that have been published since 2000. We categorize …

A number of studies have shown that peer punishment can sustain cooperation in public
good games. This paper shows that the format used to give subjects feedback is critical for …

Copy trading allows traders in social networks to receive information on the success of other
agents in financial markets and to directly copy their trades. Internet platforms like eToro …

We explore the stability of imitation in a 1200-period experimental Cournot game where
subjects do not know the payoff function but see the output quantities and payoffs of each …

This study explores the mediating role of customer imitation behaviour in the relationship
between customer buying behaviour and determinants of effective celebrity endorsement …

We investigate the effects of information feedback in rent-seeking games with two different
contest structures. In the share contest a contestant receives a share of the rent equal to her …

In this paper we study the effects of providing additional feedback about individual
contributions and/or earnings on contributions and the dynamics of contributions in a …

We show that for many classes of symmetric two-player games, the simple decision rule
“imitate-if-better” can hardly be beaten by any strategy. We provide necessary and sufficient …

Imitation has been shown to be an important heuristic, in particular in relatively complex
environments. In this experiment we test whether subjects are more likely to use imitation if …

Why do some investors delegate financial decisions to supposed experts? We report a
laboratory experiment designed to disentangle four possible motives. Almost 600 investors …