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A teoria da perspectiva e as mudanças de preferência no mainstream: um prospecto Lakatoseano

open access: yesBrazilian Journal of Political Economy, 2010
The theory of the perspective and the changes of preference in the mainstream: a Lakatosean prospect. For many decades over the 20th Century, the mainstream of economics adopted a normative and axiomatic theory of individual behavior in which maximizing ...
Bruno Berger, Huáscar Fialho Pessali
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Essays in experimental economics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
This thesis consists of two independent essays which make use of economic experiments in order to understand people’s behaviors in the financial market and their time-related choices. The first essay uses the WeChat platform, one of the largest social networks, to conduct an online experiment of artificial investment games.
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Experimental economics: science or what? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Do we want experimental economics to evolve into a genuine science? This paper uses the literature on inequity aversion as a case study in warning that we are at risk of losing the respect of other scientific disciplines if we continue to accept the ...
Binmore, K., Shaked, A.
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Ethics in economics

open access: yesErasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics, 2012
Many economists, it is said, "are inclined to deny that moral philosophy has anything to do with economics" (Hausman and McPherson 2006, 291). In this paper I challenge such inclinations by drawing an analogy between economic interventions and human ...
Megan Blomfield
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Quantum Experimental Data in Psychology and Economics

open access: yes, 2010
We prove a theorem which shows that a collection of experimental data of probabilistic weights related to decisions with respect to situations and their disjunction cannot be modeled within a classical probabilistic weight structure in case the ...
A. Aspect   +70 more
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The Experimental Approach to Development Economics [PDF]

open access: yesAnnual Review of Economics, 2009
Randomized experiments have become a popular tool in development economics research and have been the subject of a number of criticisms. This paper reviews the recent literature and discusses the strengths and limitations of this approach in theory and in practice.
Banerjee, Abhijit, Duflo, Esther
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Understanding Pollinator Habitat Conservation under Current Policy Using Economic Experiments

open access: yesLand, 2017
Pollinators provide critical ecosystems services vital to the production of numerous crops in the United States’ agricultural sector. However, the U.S. is witnessing a serious decline in the abundance and diversity of domestic and wild pollinators, which
Chian Jones Ritten   +5 more
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But Economics Is Not an Experimental Science [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Economic Perspectives, 2010
The fact is, economics is not an experimental science and cannot be. “Natural” experiments and “quasi” experiments are not in fact experiments. They are rhetorical devices that are often invoked to avoid having to confront real econometric difficulties. Natural, quasi-, and computational experiments, as well as regression discontinuity design, can all,
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Consumers’ assessment of labelled and packaged fresh potato: Evidence from Experimental Auctions

open access: yesEconomia Agro-Alimentare, 2021
Worldwide, the potato is the third more important crop, coming after wheat and rice. In Argentina, it is the horticultural product with the highest consumption in fresh state, but Argentine consumers know little to nothing about potatoes attributes.The ...
Julieta Alejandra Rodriguez   +2 more
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Experimental Economics: Contributions, Recent Developments, and New Challenges [PDF]

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Although economics has long been considered as a non-experimental science, the development of experimental economics and behavioral economics is amazingly rapid and affects most fields of research.
Marie Claire Villeval
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