Deception in experiments: Towards guidelines on use in applied economics research

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 524-536

  Rousu, Matthew C ^a   Colson, Gregory ^b   Corrigan, Jay R ^c   Grebitus, Carola ^d   Loureiro, Maria L ^e  

^a SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Deception; Experimental economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941549029     PISSN: 20405790     EISSN: 20405804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aepp/ppv002     Document Type: Article

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