by Abhijit Banerjee (Editor), Abhijit Banerjee (Editor), Esther Duflo (Editor)
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. Separating itself from circumscribed debates of specialists, this volume surpasses in usefulness the many journal articles and narrowly-defined books written by practitioners.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 528
Publisher: North Holland
Published: 24 Mar 2017
ISBN 10: 0444633243
ISBN 13: 9780444633248
Book Overview: Summarizes methodological and design issues, presenting principal economic insights delivered by field experiments