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z-Tree: Zurich toolbox for ready-made economic experiments

Urs Fischbacher
- 07 Feb 2007 - 
- Vol. 10, Iss: 2, pp 171-178
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Z-Tree as mentioned in this paper is a toolbox for ready-made economic experiments, which allows programming almost any kind of experiments in a short time and is stable and easy to use.
Abstract
z-Tree (Zurich Toolbox for Ready-made Economic Experiments) is a software for developing and conducting economic experiments. The software is stable and allows programming almost any kind of experiments in a short time. In this article, I present the guiding principles behind the software design, its features, and its limitations.

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z-Tree - Zurich toolbox for readymade economic experiments: experimenter's manual

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RatImage - research Assistance Toolbox for Computer-Aided Human Behavior Experiments

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