Two strands of field experiments in economics : a historical-methodological analysis
| Autor: | Judith Favereau, Michiru Nagatsu |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Helsingin yliopisto = Helsingfors universitet = University of Helsinki, Triangle : action, discours, pensée politique et économique (TRIANGLE), École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon)-Université Lumière - Lyon 2 (UL2)-Sciences Po Lyon - Institut d'études politiques de Lyon (IEP Lyon), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne (UJM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Practical Philosophy, Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), TINT – Centre for Philosophy of Social Science, Staff Services, University of Helsinki, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sciences Po Lyon - Institut d'études politiques de Lyon (IEP Lyon), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Université Jean Monnet [Saint-Étienne] (UJM)-Université Lumière - Lyon 2 (UL2)-École normale supérieure - Lyon (ENS Lyon) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
history of economics
Randomized experiment internal and external validity Analogy GAME 050905 science studies randomized experiments field experiments External validity [SHS.HISPHILSO]Humanities and Social Sciences/History Philosophy and Sociology of Sciences 611 Philosophy 0502 economics and business Economics ANALOGY 050207 economics experimental economics exhibits Field (Bourdieu) 05 social sciences Economic methodology methodology of economics 1. No poverty EXTRAPOLATION EXTERNAL VALIDITY RANDOMIZATION Experimental economics [SHS.ECO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and Finance Philosophy 511 Economics HEALTH 0509 other social sciences Mathematical economics Social Sciences (miscellaneous) |
| Zdroj: | Philosophy of the Social Sciences Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 2020, 50 (1), pp.45-77. ⟨10.1177/0048393119890393⟩ Philosophy of the Social Sciences, SAGE Publications, 2020, 50 (1), pp.45-77. ⟨10.1177/0048393119890393⟩ |
| ISSN: | 0048-3931 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0048393119890393⟩ |
| Popis: | International audience; While the history and methodology of laboratory experiments in economics have been extensively studied by philosophers, those of field experiments have not attracted much attention until recently. What is the historical context in which field experiments have been advocated? And what are the methodological rationales for conducting experiments in the field as opposed to in the lab? This article addresses these questions by combining historical and methodological perspectives. In terms of history, we show that the movement toward field experiments in economics has two distinct roots. One is the general orientation of medical and social sciences to evidence-based policy evaluation, which gave rise to randomized field experiments in economics (e.g., behavioral public policy, poverty alleviation policy). The other is an awareness of several methodological limitations of lab experiments in economics, which required practitioners to get out of the lab and into the field. In these senses, the movement is a consequence of influences from both outside and inside economics: the general evidence-based trend in policy science and an internal methodological development of experimental economics. In terms of methodology, we show that these two roots resulted in two somewhat different notions of “external validity” as methodological rationales of field experiment. Finally, we suggest that analysis of experiments as exhibits highlights a methodological strategy in which both strands complement each other. |
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