Quasi-Experimental and Experimental Approaches to Environmental Economics

Quasi-Experimental and Experimental Approaches to Environmental Economics

This paper argues that an increased application of quasi-experimental and experimental techniques will improve understanding about core environmental economics questions. This argument is supported by a review of the limitations of associational evidence in assessing causal hypotheses. The paper also discusses the benefits of experiments and quasi-experiments, outlines some quasi-experimental m...

Four Contributions to Experimental Economics

Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Approaches to Evaluating Early Childhood Educational Programming in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Discussant: Abbie Raikes

Research suggests that approximately one third of threeand four-year-olds living in lowand middle-income countries are failing to meet basic benchmarks in cognitive or socialemotional development (McCoy et al., 2016). In response to this large need, stakeholders from multiple public and private sectors are increasingly investing in programs targeting children in the first years of their life (E...

Experimental Methods in Economics *

Experimental Economics: Where Next?

Where should experimental economics go next? This paper uses the literature on inequity aversion as a case study in suggesting that we could profit from tightening up our act. Experimental Economics: Where Next? by Ken Binmore and Avner Shaked1