Cautionary notes on the use of field experiments to address policy issues

Glenn Harrison

Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2014, vol. 30, issue 4, 753-763

Abstract: Field experiments are popular again in policy circles. There are various types of field experiments, with complementary strengths and weaknesses for different policy questions. There is also a lot of needless hype about what field experiments can do. More balance in our use of field experiments is called for.

Date: 2014
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