The Arrival of Field Experiments in Economics

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Abstract

When most people think of “experiments,” they think of test tubes and telescopes, of Petri dishes and Bunsen burners. But the physical apparatus is not central to what an “experiment” means. Instead, what matters is the ability to specify different conditions–and then to observe how the differences in the underlying conditions alter the outcomes. When … Continue reading The Arrival of Field Experiments in Economics
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