Vernon Smith's Modified Rules for Market Experiments
Vernon Smith, who took part in one of Edward Chamberlin's experiments as a student in 1952, went on to alter the procedures for market experiments to give participants greater insight into market dynamics. [10] In his setup, buyers and sellers publicly announced their price offers and acceptance thresholds. When a deal was mutually agreed upon, that specific trade was executed, and the two involved participants would then exit that particular market round. A further modification was the repetition of the game over several rounds, with each participant maintaining the same role and valuation card throughout the entire experiment.
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