Experiments in economics: External validity and the robustness of phenomena

Journal of Economic Methodology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 495-515

  Guala, Francesco ^a   Mittone, Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Experiments; External validity; Methodology; Pure and applied science; Theory and evidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 29744452156     PISSN: 1350178X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501780500342906     Document Type: Article

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