Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/94088 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
SFB/TR 15 Discussion Paper No. 252
Publisher: 
Sonderforschungsbereich/Transregio 15 - Governance and the Efficiency of Economic Systems (GESY), München
Abstract: 
Economic experiments interact with economic theories in various ways. First of all they are used to test economic theories. However, they can neither confirm nor falsify them in a strict sense. They rather inform us about the range of applicability, the robustness and the predictive power of a theory. Furthermore, economic experiments discover and isolate phenomena and challenge economic theorists to explain them. Finally, many economic experiments are 'material' models. They are used to analyse and predict how changes in the environment affect economic outcomes. However, they cannot offer an explanation for what we observe. This has to be provided by economic theory.
Subjects: 
Economic experiments
economic theories
falsification
confirmation
phenomena
models
JEL: 
B41
C90
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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