The better toolbox: experimental methodology in economics and psychology

Daniela Cagno, Werner Güth and Giacomo Sillari ()
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Daniela Cagno: Luiss University
Werner Güth: Max Planck Institute for Collective Goods
Giacomo Sillari: Luiss University

Mind & Society: Cognitive Studies in Economics and Social Sciences, 2023, vol. 22, issue 1, No 3, 53-66

Abstract: Abstract In experimental economics one can confront a “don’t!”, as in “do not deceive your participants!”, as well as a “do!”, as in “incentivize choice making!”. Neither exists in experimental psychology. Further controversies exist in data collection methods, e.g., play strategy (vector) method in game experiments, and how to guarantee external and internal validity by describing experimental scenarios by field-related vignettes or by abstract, often formal, rules as it is used in decision and game theory. We emphasize that differences between the experimental methodology of the two disciplines are minor rather than substantial and suggest that such differences should be resolved, as much as possible, through empirical research. Rather than focusing on familiar debates, we suggest to substitute the revealed-motive approach in experimental economics by designs whose data not only inform about choice, but also about the reasoning dynamics.

Keywords: Methodology; Experiments; Decision and game theory; Cognitive psychology; Reasoning dynamics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A12 B41 C70 C91 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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