Camerer, Colin F. (1995) Rules for Experimenting in Psychology and Economics, and Why They Differ. Social Science Working Paper, 946. California Institute of Technology , Pasadena, CA. (Unpublished) http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20170817-144503614
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Abstract
This chapter discusses methodological differences in the way economists and psychologists typically conduct experiments. The main argument is that methodological differences spring from basic differences in the way knowledge is created and cumulated in the two fields - especially the important role of simple, formal theory in economics which is largely absent in psychology.
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| Additional Information: | Comments from participants at the Big Ten Accounting Doctoral Consortium, Minneapolis 5/13-15/94, Chip Heath, Wulf Albers, and Werner Guth, were helpful. Many conversations over the years—particularly with Daniel Kahneman, Charlie Plott, and Richard Thaler, and numerous coauthors—have shaped the contents of this paper. Discussions at the Russell Sage Foundation during my 1991-92 visit there were especially formative. Published as Camerer, Colin. "Rules for experimenting in psychology and economics, and why they differ." In Understanding Strategic Interaction, pp. 313-327. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1997. | ||||||
| Group: | Social Science Working Papers | ||||||
| Subject Keywords: | Experimental economics, psychology, bounded rationality. | ||||||
| Classification Code: | JEL: 036, 215 | ||||||
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| Deposited By: | Jacquelyn Bussone | ||||||
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