z-Tree: Zurich toolbox for ready-made economic experiments
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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.read more
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oTree—An open-source platform for laboratory, online, and field experiments
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z-Tree - Zurich toolbox for readymade economic experiments: experimenter's manual
TL;DR: The z-tree toolbox for readymade economic experiments as discussed by the authors allows to program and conduct a wide range of experiments, including simultaneous and sequential games as well as market experiments and posted offer markets.
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A simple mechanism for the efficient provision of public goods - experimental evidence
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RatImage - research Assistance Toolbox for Computer-Aided Human Behavior Experiments
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TL;DR: RatImage contains Borland Turbo Pascal constans, variables, functions, and procedures which, when used, relieve programmers of many tedious and complex tasks, like graphical output, keyboard handling, mouse control, file access, and network communication.