Papers, [ca. 1950]-1999.

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Smith, Vernon L. Papers, [ca. 1950]-1999.

Papers, [ca. 1950]-1999.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82631968

Correspondence, research files, and other papers (96-106) (21,375 items, ca. 1954-1987) related to Vernon L. Smith's career and research interests, some of which include experimental economics, the methodology of economics, game theory, and investment and production theories. Some materials also concern Smith's work for the National Science Foundation and the Energy Information Administration, a federal office. The addition (00-416) (20,398 items, ca. 1950-1995) includes notes, files, drafts, typescripts, and reprints of or related to Smith's papers and articles; course materials; other economists' papers; and professional and personal correspondence. Topics include experimental economics, the electrical-power industry, auction markets, radio spectrum auctions, water rights, and game theory. The collection also includes materials relating to two proposals Smith made to the National Science Foundation in the 1980s, as well as four electronic computer files and one color photograph. The addition (01-168) (7091 items, 10.8 linear feet; dated 1966-1999, bulk 1986-1994) includes research notes, experiment data, documentation, and drafts of writings by Smith on topics such as auctions and bidding behavior, electric and gas price markets and power networks, power utility deregulation, gas transmission,fairness in markets, and the stock market. Forty-one electronic documents of some of the experiment data are contained on a computer diskette. Also included are papers and articles by other economists and a file of confidential informal ballots for membership in the Economic Sciences section of the National Academy of Sciences.

47,989 items.

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