Internal and external validity in economics research: Tradeoffs between experiments, field experiments, natural experiments, and field data

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1266-1271

  Roe, Brian E ^a   Just, David R ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; EXPERIMENT; RESEARCH; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 74549221618     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2009.01295.x     Document Type: Article

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