Some of the Ancient History of Experimental Economics and Social Psychology:
Reminiscences and Analysis of a Fruitful Collaboration


J. Keith Murnighan
Kellogg School of Management
Northwestern University

Alvin E. Roth
Department of Economics, and
Harvard Business School
Harvard University


23 December 2004


Citation: Murnighan, J.Keith, and Alvin E. Roth, “Some of the Ancient History of Experimental Economics
and Social Psychology: Reminiscences and Analysis of a Fruitful Collaboration,” Social Psychology and
Economics, D. De Cremer, M. Zeelenberg, and J.K. Murnighan, editors,  Lawrence Erlbaum Associates,
Inc.: Mahwah, NJ.  forthcoming.




Abstract

This chapter presents a dialog between the two authors, a social psychologist and an economist,
who review, comment, and analyze their joint efforts. Their first project began in 1974. Their
experiments investigated coalitions, bargaining, risk aversion, and deadlines. Brief descriptions
of their work provide a foundation for observations on the history and progress of
experimental economics.