The Foundations of Experimental Economics and Applicatons to Behavioral Finance: the Contributions of Nobel Laureate
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The Nobel Prize for Economics announced in October 2002 has a special significance to our journal and those associated with it. The Nobel committee awarded the prize to Vernon Smith and Daniel Kahneman, citing their contributions to the foundations of experimental and behavioral economics. In this issue’s editorial we discuss the research work of Vernon Smith, a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Behavioral Finance since its inception and a frequent contributor. Our next editorial will focus on the work of Daniel Kahneman.
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