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Economic Science: An Experimental Approach for Teaching and Research
Author(s) -
Holt Charles A.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
southern economic journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.762
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 2325-8012
pISSN - 0038-4038
DOI - 10.1002/j.2325-8012.2003.tb00532.x
Subject(s) - experimental economics , work (physics) , economics education , economics , management science , positive economics , public economics , microeconomics , economic growth , higher education , engineering , mechanical engineering
Economics experiments have been used to study theories and policies that are often difficult to evaluate with data from naturally occurring markets. This article is a selective summary of my work in the main areas of experimental economics: markets, individual decisions, games, and public choice. The discussion pertains both to scientific discoveries and teaching innovations.