Field Experiments and Natural Experiments

The Oxford Handbook of Political Methodology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Gerber, Alan S ^a   Green, Donald P ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal inference; Experimental analysis; Experimental design; Field experimentation; Field experiments; Natural experiments; Political methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924052908     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199286546.003.0015     Document Type: Chapter

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