Experiments as exhibits and experiments as tests

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Sugden, R. (2005) Experiments as exhibits and experiments as tests. Journal of Economic Methodology, 12 (2). pp. 291-302. ISSN 1350-178X

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Abstract

Two roles of experiments in behavioural economics are distinguished - experiments as exhibits and experiments as tests of theories. An exhibit is an experimental design which reliably induces a surprising regularity, typically combined with an informal hypothesis about the underlying causal mechanism. 'Deviation theories' - generalisations of received theories which incorporate additional causal mechanisms - are constructed so as to be consistent with known exhibits, and tested in new situations. The paper argues that the principles of good practice are different for the two types of experiment, in part because of a tendency for successful exhibits to be produced by several causal mechanisms.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: experimental economics,behavioural economics,exhibit
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Economics
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Economic Theory
Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Sciences
Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Competition Policy
Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Behavioural Economics
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Depositing User: Pure Connector
Date Deposited: 19 Nov 2013 16:15
Last Modified: 18 Apr 2023 23:43
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/44513
DOI: 10.1080/13501780500086248

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