TY - JOUR
T1 - External validity and libraries of phenomena
T2 - a critique of Guala's methodology of experimental economics
AU - Jones, Martin K.
N1 - Copyright 2011 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2011/11/1
Y1 - 2011/11/1
N2 - Francesco Guala has developed some novel and radical ideas on the problem of external validity, a topic that has not received much attention in the experimental economics literature. In this paper I argue that his views on external validity are not justified and the conclusions which he draws from these views, if widely adopted, could substantially undermine the experimental economics enterprise. In rejecting the justification of these views, the paper reaffirms the importance of experiments in economics.
AB - Francesco Guala has developed some novel and radical ideas on the problem of external validity, a topic that has not received much attention in the experimental economics literature. In this paper I argue that his views on external validity are not justified and the conclusions which he draws from these views, if widely adopted, could substantially undermine the experimental economics enterprise. In rejecting the justification of these views, the paper reaffirms the importance of experiments in economics.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=82055172935&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S0266267111000204
DO - 10.1017/S0266267111000204
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:82055172935
SN - 0266-2671
VL - 27
SP - 247
EP - 271
JO - Economics and Philosophy
JF - Economics and Philosophy
IS - 3
ER -