Field experiments in economics

Experimental economists are leaving the reservation. They are recruiting subjects in the field rather than in the classroom, using field goods rather than induced valuations, and using field context rather than abstract terminology in instructions. This volume examines the methodology of field exper...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Harrison, Glenn W., Carpenter, Jeffrey P., List, John A., 1968-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2005.
Series:Research in experimental economics ; v. 10.
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Field experiments in economics : an introduction / Jeffrey P. Carpenter, Glenn W. Harrison, John A. List
  • Field experiments and control / Glenn W. Harrison
  • Field experiments in economics : some methodological caveats / Andreas Ortmann
  • Three themes on field experiments and economic development / Juan Camilo Cardenas, Jeffrey P. Carpenter
  • Eliciting risk and time preferences using field experiments : some methodological issues / Glenn W. Harrison, Morten Igel Lau, E. Elisabet Rutström, Melonie B. Sullivan
  • Saving decisions of the working poor : short- and long-term horizons / Catherine Eckel, Cathleen Johnson, Claude Montmarquette
  • Comparing students to workers : the effects of social framing on behavior in distribution games / Jeffrey P. Carpenter, Stephen Burks, Eric Verhoogen
  • The effects of educational vouchers on confidence : a field experiment to assess outcomes of educational policy / Robert Slonim, Eric Bettinger
  • Bargaining behavior, demographics and nationality : what can the experimental evidence show? / Anabela Botelho, Glenn W. Harrison, Marc A. Hirsch, E. Elisabet Rutström.