Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Part I Methodology -- Chapter 1 Designing and Conducting Laboratory Experiments -- 1.1 Why Use Laboratory Experiments? -- 1.2 Categories of Experiments -- 1.3 Some Prototypical Games -- 1.3.1 Individual...

This dissertation deals with the problem bidders have to solve to formulate their bids in two types of auctions: reverse and combinatorial auctions.In reverse procurement auctions the object for sale is a contract, bidders are suppliers, and the bid taker is a buyer. The suppliers bidding for...

This dissertation investigates the impact of various behavioral factors on supply chain management, using a laboratory approach. A series of experiments is designed to challenge the assumptions of several basic theoretical models used in supply chain management that have ignored behavioral...

A supply chain, which typically employs decentralized decision-making, iscoordinated if in the equilibrium firms make decisions that are system-wideoptimal. Such decisions, called the first-best, would be made if the supply chainwere centralized so that a single decision-maker could force all...

In this dissertation I investigate contracting and coordination in a two-tier supply chain. First, in Chapter 2 I experimentally investigate how altering the inventory risk affects both the total supply chain profits and the distribution of profits between the two parties. I evaluate three...