Research with experimental games

Cecile Jackson
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Cecile Jackson: School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia, Norwich

Progress in Development Studies, 2011, vol. 11, issue 3, 229-241

Abstract: Experimental methods in general, and games in particular, are increasingly significant in development economics, but have had rather a limited and partial engagement with anthropology. Given the multidisciplinary character of development studies, it is timely to consider the potential of experimental games for multi-methods development research. Here I give a brief account of experimental economics and key games, for newcomers, followed by a critical discussion of the game methods as applied in a large and influential set of cross-cultural studies by (predominantly) anthropologists working with evolutionist paradigms. I conclude with a wider reflection on core assumptions in the experimental approach which need re-thinking from a broader base in social theory.

Keywords: experimental economics; anthropology; development; research; Goffman; reflexivity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1177/146499341001100304

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