Concept and Inference Based on Experiments in Economics

Jerzy Boehlke () and Magdalena Osinska
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Jerzy Boehlke: Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń

Chapter Chapter 4 in Selected Issues in Experimental Economics, 2016, pp 37-56 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The chapter concerns the concept of experimentation in economics. The perspective of economic methodology is taken as a starting point for the experiment design. Then types of experiments are discussed along with their advantages and disadvantages. The role of the concept of causality in experimentation in economics is pointed out. A natural experiment is of our main interest. Hence, the methods of inference within natural experiments are briefly discussed. Some examples illustrate the methodological background.

Keywords: Experimental; economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-28419-4_4

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