FRONT COVER -- EXPERIMENTS IN FINANCIAL ECONOMICS -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- CHAPTER 1 EXPERIMENTS IN FINANCIAL ECONOMICS: AN INTRODUCTION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 2 ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION AND BANK LENDING: THE ROLE OF FORMAL AND INFORMAL INSTITUTIONS (A SURVEY OF LABORATORY RESEARCH) -- INTRODUCTION -- REVIEW OF EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 3 STRATEGIC DEFAULT WITH SOCIAL INTERACTIONS: A LABORATORY EXPERIMENT -- INTRODUCTION -- RELATED LITERATURE -- THE DEFAULT PROBLEM -- HYPOTHESES AND EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX A: NUMERICAL SOLUTION -- APPENDIX B: INSTRUCTIONS -- APPENDIX C: ASSET PRICE SUBSAMPLES -- CHAPTER 4 DIVISIBL E-GOOD UNIFORM PRICE AUCTIONS: THE ROLE OF ALLOCATION RULES AND COMMUNICATION AMONG BIDDERS -- INTRODUCTION -- THEORETICAL BACKGROUND -- EXPERIMENT -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX -- CHAPTER 5 THE DIVIDEND PUZZLE: A LABORATORY INVESTIGATION -- INTRODUCTION -- LITERATURE REVIEW -- EXPERIMENTAL STUDY -- THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENT -- RESULTS -- MANAGERIAL BEHAVIOR -- INVESTOR BEHAVIOR -- THE EFFECT OF INITIAL ENDOWMENT -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX -- CHAPTER 6 AN EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF MYOPIC LOSS AVERSION -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN -- TREATMENTS -- EXPECTED SUBJECT BEHAVIOR -- EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS -- FURTHER INVESTIGATION INTO FREQUENCY OF INFORMATION FEEDBACK -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX A: EXPERIMENTAL INSTRUCTIONS -- APPENDIX B: RECORDING SHEET -- APPENDIX C: BRIEF QUIZ AFTER THE PRACTICE TRIALS -- APPENDIX D: OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS FOR INVESTORS USING V1 AND V2.

APPENDIX E: HISTOGRAMS AND CHANGE IN THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF STOCKS FOR EACH TRIAL BY TREATMENT -- CHAPTER 7 DOES EVERYONE ACCEPT A FREE LUNCH? DECISION-MAKING UNDER (ALMOST) ZERO-COST BORROWING -- INTRODUCTION -- THE DATA -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES.