For each topic listed below I refer to some research articles. However, these are just some representative entries into the concerned literature. There are many  important papers in each literature that one should study carefully. Moreover, each strand of literature is evolving at a fast pace. Therefore, each list is far from being exhaustive.


Background and Introduction:
  •  Roth, Alvin E. "The Early History of Experimental Economics." Journal of the History of Economic Thought,1993, 15(2), pp. 184-209. html
  •  Samuelson, Larry. “Economic Theory and Experimental Economics.” Journal of Economic Literature, 2005, 43(1), pp. 65-107. pdf
  •  Rubinstein, Ariel, “Dilemmas of an Economic Theorist.” Econometrica, 74 (4), July 2006, 865-883. pdf
  •  *Rabin, Matthew. “Psychology and Economics.” Journal of  Economic Literature, 1998, 36(1), pp. 11-46. pdf
  •  Hertwig, Ralph and Andreas Ortmann. “Experimental Practices in Economics: A Methodological Challenge for Psychologists?” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2001, 24(3), pp. 383-402. pdf
  •  *Kahneman, Daniel. “Maps of Bounded Rationality: Psychology for Behavioral Economics.” American Economic Review, 2003, 93(5), pp. 1449-1475.  pdf
  •  *Binmore, Ken. “Economic Man – or Straw Man? Commentary on Heinrich, et al.” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2005, 28, pp. 815-818. html
  •  Roth, Alvin E. "Lets Keep the Con out of Experimental Econ.: A Methodological Note." Empirical Economics, 1994, 19(2), pp. 279-289. html
 
Ultimatum Games and Dictator Games:
  • *Guth, Werner, R. Schmittberger and B. Schwartz. “An Experimental Analysis of Ultimatum Bargaining.”Games and Economic Behavior,
          1982, 3(4), pp. 367-388. pdf
  •  *Forsythe, Robert, Joel Horowitz, N.S. Savin and Martin Sefton. “Fairness in Simple Bargaining Experiments.” Games and Economic Behavior, 1994, 6(3), pp. 347-369. pdf
  •  Ochs, Jack and Alvin E. Roth. “An Experimental Study of Sequential Bargaining.” American Economic Review, 1989, 79(3), pp. 355-384. pdf
  • Roth, Alvin E., V. Prasnikar, M. Okunofujiwara and S. Zamir. “Bargaining and Market Behavior in Jerusalem, Ljubljana, Pittsburgh, and Tokyo: An Experimental Study.” American Economic Review, 1991, 81(5), pp. 1068-1095. pdf
  • Slonim, Robert and Alvin E. Roth. “Learning in High Stakes Ultimatum Games: An Experiment in the Slovak Republic.” Econometrica, 1988, 66(3), pp. 569-596. pdf

Trust & Gift Exchange Games:
  • *Berg, Joyce, John Dickhaut and Kevin McCabe. “Trust, Reciprocity, and Social History.” Games and Economic Behavior, 1995, 10(1), pp. 122-142. pdf
  •  Van Huyck, John B.; Raymond C. Battalio and Mary F. Walters. “Commitment versus Discretion in the Peasant-Dictator Game.” Games and Economic Behavior, 1995, 10(1), pp. 143-170. pdf
  •  *Fehr, Ernst, et al. “Does Fairness Prevent Market Clearing? An Experimental Investigation.”Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1993, 108(2), pp. 437-459. pdf
  •  *Glaeser, Edward L., et al. “Measuring Trust.” Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2000, 115(3), pp. 811–846. pdf
  •  *Cox, James C. “How to Identify Trust and Reciprocity.” Games and Economic Behavior, 2004, 46(2), pp. 260–281. pdf
  •  Fehr, Ernst, Simon Gächter and Georg Kirchsteiger. “Reciprocity as a Contract Enforcement Device: Experimental Evidence.” Econometrica, 1997, 65(4), pp. 833–860. pdf
  •  Bohnet, Iris, Bruno S. Frey and Steffen Huck. “More Order with Less Law: On Contract Enforcement, Trust, and Crowding.” American Political Science Review, 2001, 95(1), pp. 131–144. pdf
  •  Andreoni, James. "Trust, Reciprocity, and Contract Enforcement: Experiments on Satisfaction Guaranteed."2005, Working Paper. pdf
  •  Sobel, Joel. “Interdependent Preferences and Reciprocity. ” Journal of Economic Literature, 2005, 43(2), pp. 392-436. pdf
  • Engelmann, Dirk and Andreas Ortmann. “The Robustness of Laboratory Gift Exchange: A Reconsideration.” 2002, Working Paper, CERGE-EI, Prague, Czech Republic. pdf

Linear Public Goods Games:
  • Marwell, Gerald and Ruth Ames. “Economists Free Ride, Does Anyone Else? Experiments on the Provision of Public Goods, IV.” Journal of Public Economics, 1981, 15(3), pp. 295-310. pdf
  • *Isaac, R. Mark and James Walker. “Group Size Effects in Public Goods Provision: The Voluntary Contributions Mechanism.” Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1988, 103(1), pp. 179-199. pdf
  • *Isaac, R. Mark, James Walker and Arlingtion Williams. “Group Size and the Voluntary Provision of Public Goods: Experimental Evidence Utilizing Large Groups.” Journal of Public Economics, 1994, 54(1), pp. 1-36. pdf
  • Andreoni, James. “Why Free Ride?: Strategies and Learning in Public Goods Experiments.” Journal of Public Economics, 1988, 37(3), pp. 291-304. pdf
  • Andreoni, James. “Cooperation in Public Goods Experiments: Kindness or Confusion?” American Economic Review, 1995, 85(4), pp. 891-904. pdf
  • Andreoni, James. “Warm-Glows versus Cold Prickle: The Effects of Positive and Negative Framing in Public Goods Experiments. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1995, 110(1), pp. 1-21. pdf
  • Palfrey, Thomas and Jeffrey Prisbrey. “Anomalous Behavior in Public Goods Experiments: How Much and Why?” American Economic Review, 1997, 87(5), pp. 829-846. pdf
  • Palfrey, Thomas and Jeffrey Prisbrey. “Altruism, Reputation, and Noise in Linear Public Goods Experiments.” Journal of Public Economics, 1996, 61(3), pp. 409-427. pdf
  • Andreoni, James. “An Experimental Test of the Public Goods Crowding-Out Hypothesis.” American Economic Review, 1993, 83(5), pp. 1317-1327. pdf
  • Palfrey, Thomas and Howard Rosenthal. “Testing for Effects of Cheap Talk in a Public Goods Game with Private Information.” Games and Economic Behavior, 1991, 3(2), pp. 183-220.
  • Anderson, Simon P., Jacob K. Goeree and Charles A. Holt. “A Theoretical Analysis of Altruism and Decision Error in Public Goods Games.” Journal of Public Economics, 1998, 70(2), pp. 297-323. pdf
  • Goeree, Jacob K., Charles A. Holt and S. Laury. “Private Costs and Public Benefits: Unraveling the Effects of Altruism and Noisy Behavior.” Journal of Public Economics, 2002, 83(2), pp. 257-278. pdf

Social Preferences Models (outcome based and intention based):
  • *Fehr, Ernst and Klaus Schmidt.“A Theory of Fairness, Competition, and Cooperation.” Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1999, 114(3), pp. 817-868. pdf
  • Bolton, Gary E. and Axel Ockenfels. “ERC¾A Theory of Equity, Reciprocity and Competition.” American Economic Review, 2000, 90(1), pp. 166-193. pdf
  • *Rabin, Matthew “Incorporating Fairness into Game Theory and Economics.” American Economic Review, 1993, 83(5), pp. 1281-1302. pdf
  • *Charness, Gary and Matthew Rabin. “Understanding Social Preferences with Simple Tests.” Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2002, 117(3), pp. 817-869. pdf
  • Levine, D. “Modelling Altruism and Spitefulness in Game Experiments.” Review of Economic Dynamics, 1998, 1(3), pp. 593–622. pdf
  • Dufwenberg, M. and G. Kirchsteiger. “A Theory of Sequential Reciprocity.” Games and Economic Behavior, 2004, 47(2), pp. 268-98. pdf
  • Li, Jing. "The Power of Convention: A Theory of Social Preferences."Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2005, forthcoming. pdf
  • Joel Sobel, “Putting Altruism in Context,” Brain and Behavioral Science, 2002, 25(2), pp. 275-276. pdf

Deception: 
  • Abeler, Johannes, Nosenzo, Daniele and Collin Raymond. "Preferences for truth-telling", CEDEXDiscussion Paper No. 2016-13. pdf
  • S. Dugar, H. Bhattacharya. "Fishy behavior: a field experiment on (dis) honesty in the marketplace", J. Behav. Exp. Econ., 67 (2017), pp. 41-55. pdf
  • T. Ellingsen, M. Johannesson, J. Lilja, H. Zetterqvist. "Trust and truth", Econ. J., 119 (534) (2009), pp. 252-276. 
  • Urs Fischbacher, Franziska Föllmi‐Heusi. "Lies in disguise—an experimental study on cheating", J. Eur. Econ. Assoc., 11 (3) (2013), pp. 525-547
  • G. Gawn, R. Innes. "Do lies erode trust", Int. Econ. Rev., 59 (1) (2018), pp. 137-161
  • R. Gibson, C. Tanner, A.F. Wagner. "Preferences for truthfulness: heterogeneity among and within individuals" Am. Econ. Rev., 103 (1) (2013), pp. 532-548
  • Uri Gneezy. "Deception: the role of consequences", Am. Econ. Rev., 95 (1) (2005), pp. 384-394
  • U. Gneezy, A. Kajackaite, J. Sobel. "Lying aversion and the size of the lie", Am. Econ. Rev., 108 (2) (2018), pp. 419-453
  • D. Houser, S. Vetter, J. Winter. "Fairness and cheating",  Eur. Econ. Rev., 56 (8) (2012), pp. 1645-1655
  • Robert Innes, Arnab Mitra. "Is dishonesty contagious?" Econ. Inq., 51 (1) (2013), pp. 722-734
  • T. Lundquist, et al. "The aversion to lying", J. Econ. Behav. Organ., 70 (1) (2009), pp. 81-92
  • G.J. Pruckner, R. Sausgruber. "Honesty on the streets: a field study on newspaper purchasing", J. Eur. Econ. Assoc., 11 (3) (2013), pp. 661-679
  • L.L. Shu, N. Mazar, F. Gino, D. Ariely, M.H. Bazerman. "Signing at the beginning makes ethics salient and decreases dishonest self-reports in comparison to signing at the end", Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 109 (38) (2012), pp. 15197-15200
  • Matthias Sutter. "Deception through telling the truth?! Experimental evidence from individuals and teams", Econ. J., 119 (534) (2009), pp. 47-60

Markets and Morals: 
  • Falk, A., & Szech, N. (2013). "Morals and markets". science, 340(6133), 707-711.
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Incentives and Behavior: 
  • Gneezy, U., & Rustichini, A. (2000). Pay enough or don't pay at all. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 115(3), 791-810.
  • Gneezy, U., Meier, S., & Rey-Biel, P. (2011). When and why incentives (don't) work to modify behavior. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 25(4), 191-210.
  • Lazear, E. P. (2000). Performance pay and productivity. American Economic Review, 90(5), 1346-1361.
  • Gneezy, U., & Rustichini, A. (2000). A fine is a price. The Journal of Legal Studies, 29(1), 1-17.
  • Ellingsen, T., & Johannesson, M. (2008). Pride and prejudice: The human side of incentive theory. American economic review, 98(3), 990-1008.
  • Fehr, E., & Rockenbach, B. (2003). Detrimental effects of sanctions on human altruism. Nature, 422(6928), 137.
  • Bhattacharya, H., & Dugar, S. (2013). Contests for ranks: Experimental evidence. Southern Economic Journal, 79(3), 621-638.
  • Kamenica, E. (2012). Behavioral economics and psychology of incentives. Annu. Rev. Econ., 4(1), 427-452.
  • Bénabou, R., & Tirole, J. (2006). Incentives and prosocial behavior. American economic review, 96(5), 1652-1678.
  • Frey, B. S., & Meier, S. (2004). Social comparisons and pro-social behavior: Testing" conditional cooperation" in a field experiment. American Economic Review, 94(5), 1717-1722.
  • Dugar, S., Bhattacharya, H., & Reiley, D. (2012). Can't Buy Me Love? A Field Experiment Exploring the Trade‐Off between Income and Caste‐Status in an Indian Matrimonial Market. Economic Inquiry, 50(2), 534-550.​

Discrimination and Competition: 
  • Gneezy, U., & Rustichini, A. (2004). Gender and competition at a young age. American Economic Review, 94(2), 377-381.
  • Niederle, M., & Vesterlund, L. (2010). Explaining the gender gap in math test scores: The role of competition. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 24(2), 129-44.
  • Datta Gupta, N., Poulsen, A., & Villeval, M. C. (2013). Gender matching and competitiveness: Experimental evidence. Economic Inquiry, 51(1), 816-835.
  • Croson, R., & Gneezy, U. (2009). Gender differences in preferences. Journal of Economic literature, 47(2), 448-74.
  • Dreber, A., Von Essen, E., & Ranehill, E. (2011). Outrunning the gender gap—boys and girls compete equally. Experimental Economics, 14(4), 567-582.
  • Healy, A., & Pate, J. (2011). Can teams help to close the gender competition gap?. The Economic Journal, 121(555), 1192-1204.
  • Gill, D., & Prowse, V. (2014). Gender differences and dynamics in competition: The role of luck. Quantitative Economics, 5(2), 351-376.
  • Andersen, S., Ertac, S., Gneezy, U., List, J. A., & Maximiano, S. (2013). Gender, competitiveness, and socialization at a young age: Evidence from a matrilineal and a patriarchal society. Review of Economics and Statistics, 95(4), 1438-1443.
  • Gong, B., & Yang, C. L. (2012). Gender differences in risk attitudes: Field experiments on the matrilineal Mosuo and the patriarchal Yi. Journal of economic behavior & organization, 83(1), 59-65.
  • ​Samak, A. C. (2013). Is there a gender gap in preschoolers’ competitiveness? An experiment in the US. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 92, 22-31.