The problem of external validity (or "parallelism") in experimental economics

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Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 555-573

  Guala, Francesco ^a  

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Author keywords

Causation; Experimental economics; External validity; Methodology of economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039134665     PISSN: 05390184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/053901899038004003     Document Type: Article

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