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Handbook of economic field experiments, Volume 1/ (Record no. 427773)

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control field ISI Library, Kolkata
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780444633248
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency ISI Library
Language of cataloging English
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Edition number 23
Classification number 330.724
Item number B215
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Handbook of economic field experiments, Volume 1/
Statement of responsibility, etc Esther Duflo, Abhijit Banerjee eds.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc Amsterdam:
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Elsevier,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2017
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xv, 511 pages,
Dimensions 24 cm.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes appendix, bibliographical references and index
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note 1. An introduction to the 'Handbook of Field Experiments' -- Section I. Some historical background -- 2. The Politics and practice of social experiments: seeds of a revolution -- Section II. Methodology and practice of RCTs -- 3. The Econometrics of randomized experiments -- 4. Decision theoretic approaches to experiment design and external validity -- 5. The Practicalities of running randomized evaluations: partnerships, measurement ethics and transparency -- 6. The Psychology of construal in the design of field experiments -- Secton III. Understanding preferences and preference change -- 7. Field experiments in markets -- 8. Field experiments on discrimination -- 9. Field experiments on voter mobilization: an overview of a burgeoning literature -- 10. Lab in the field: measuring preferences in the wild -- 11. Field experiments in marketing
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc Handbook of Field Experiments provides tactics on how to conduct experimental research, also presenting a comprehensive catalog on new results from research and areas that remain to be explored. This updated addition to the series includes an entire chapters on field experiments, the politics and practice of social experiments, the methodology and practice of RCTs, and the econometrics of randomized experiments. These topics apply to a wide variety of fields, from politics, to education, and firm productivity, providing readers with a resource that sheds light on timely issues, such as robustness and external validity.<br/><br/>Separating itself from circumscribed debates of specialists, this volume surpasses in usefulness the many journal articles and narrowly-defined books written by practitioners.
650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Economics--Research
650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Experimental design
650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Methodology
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Banerjee, Abhijit Vinayak
Relator term editor
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Duflo, Esther
Relator term editor
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