Experimental economics: Hard science or wasteful tinkering?

Economic Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 453, 1999, Pages 5-15

  Starmer, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0002958538     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0297.00398     Document Type: Article

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