Sociality and external validity in experimental economics

Mind and Society

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 119-138

  Bardsley, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Experiments; External validity; Social construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956882385     PISSN: 15937879     EISSN: 18601839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11299-010-0075-0     Document Type: Article

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