Cautionary notes on the use of field experiments to address policy issues
Oxford Review of Economic Policy
2014
30
4
Winter
753-763
research method ; welfare economics
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/gru037
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"Field experiments are popular again in policy circles. There are various types of field experiments, with complementary strengths and weaknesses for different policy questions. There is also a lot of needless hype about what field experiments can do. More balance in our use of field experiments is called for."
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