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The methodology of experimental economics / Francesco Guala.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005Description: xiv, 286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0521853400
  • 9780521853408
  • 0521618614
  • 9780521618618
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330.0724 22
LOC classification:
  • HB131 .G83 2005
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Inside the laboratory -- 3. Hypothesis testing -- 4. Causation and experimental control -- 5. Prediction -- 6. Elimination -- 7. External validity -- 8. Economic engineering -- 9. From the laboratory to the outside world -- 10. Experiments as mediators -- 11. On monetary incentives.
Review: "This book provides the first comprehensive analysis and critical discussion of the methodology of experimental economics, written by a philosopher of science with expertise in the field. It outlines the fundamental principles of experimental inference in order to investigate their power, scope, and limitations. The author demonstrates that experimental economists have a lot to gain by discussing openly the philosophical principles that guide their work, and that philosophers of science have a lot to learn from the ingenious techniques devised by experimenters in order to tackle difficult scientific problems."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-273) and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. Inside the laboratory -- 3. Hypothesis testing -- 4. Causation and experimental control -- 5. Prediction -- 6. Elimination -- 7. External validity -- 8. Economic engineering -- 9. From the laboratory to the outside world -- 10. Experiments as mediators -- 11. On monetary incentives.

"This book provides the first comprehensive analysis and critical discussion of the methodology of experimental economics, written by a philosopher of science with expertise in the field. It outlines the fundamental principles of experimental inference in order to investigate their power, scope, and limitations. The author demonstrates that experimental economists have a lot to gain by discussing openly the philosophical principles that guide their work, and that philosophers of science have a lot to learn from the ingenious techniques devised by experimenters in order to tackle difficult scientific problems."--BOOK JACKET.

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