Experimental economics : rethinking the rules / Nicholas Bardsley [and others].
Material type: TextPublisher: Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2010]Copyright date: ©2010Description: viii, 375 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0691124795
- 9780691124797
- 330.0724 22
- HB74.5 .E97 2010
Contents:
Summary: The authors explore the history of experiments in economics, provide examples of different types of experiments and show that the growing use of experimental methods is transforming economics into an empirical science. They explain that progress is being held back and debate on how to overcome these limitations.
Theory testing and the domain of economic theory -- Experimental testing in practice -- Experiments in inductive generalization -- External validity -- Incentives in experiments -- Noise and variability in experimental data.
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 330.0724 EXP (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A453780B |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-368) and index.
Theory testing and the domain of economic theory -- Experimental testing in practice -- Experiments in inductive generalization -- External validity -- Incentives in experiments -- Noise and variability in experimental data.
The authors explore the history of experiments in economics, provide examples of different types of experiments and show that the growing use of experimental methods is transforming economics into an empirical science. They explain that progress is being held back and debate on how to overcome these limitations.
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