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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.
Written by well-established researchers in behavioural economics, this Research Agenda illustrates the application of incentivised decision-making experiments, highlighting how this can add a new and novel dimension to social science research. Informative and timely, it explores how experiments are being used by pioneers in a diverse range of fields when research questions may not be amenable to field studies, vignettes or surveys.
Offering fruitful cross-disciplinary discussions, the chapters look at incentivised decision-making experiments in the study of: social norms, law and economics, environmental regulations, entrepreneurship, healthy behaviour, gender and leadership, political ideology, and neuroeconomics. Chapters provide an opportunity for experienced experimental economists to develop more innovative applications of their tools and scope for less experienced scholars to learn how to incorporate experiments in their research questions.
Researchers in economics, political science, sociology, as well as business and management will find this to be a beneficial read. Policy makers looking to understand how experimental tools and behavioural nudges are used to improve policy will also appreciate the key theoretical and practical applications of the topics offered in this Research Agenda.
Trade Review‘A definite advantage of A Research Agenda for Experimental Economics
is its focus on the most recent developments in specific areas within behavioural economics. The contributing authors demonstrate both a high level of professional expertise and genuine passion for the featured topics. Another strength of the book is its attempt not only to discuss the current state of research in particular fields, but also to provide readers with future directions. Each chapter elaborates on possible (and sometimes even desirable) avenues within the discussed topic. Overall this book is a strong illustration of how broad and absorbing economics is and the importance of multidisciplinarity. Furthermore, there is no path dependence in the collection, so if a reader is interested in a particular topic, they can easily delve into it directly.’ -- Ananish Chaudhuri, LSE Review of Books
‘In A Research Agenda for Experimental Economics
, Ananish Chaudhuri provides a thoughtful, albeit eclectic collection of chapters on the state of the literature in experimental economics. The set of authors is impressive. Chaudhuri has produced a volume that will do much to promote discussion about innovative, interdisciplinary collaborations.’ -- Alexander Smith, Journal of Economic Psychology
‘This edited volume by Ananish Chaudhuri will become standard reading for anyone interested in keeping up with the latest developments in the field of experimental economics. The collection will appeal to a broad audience, and promises to be an important reference for scholars not just of economics, but of sociology, politics, psychology, law and environmental studies.’ -- Abhijit Ramalingam, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics
‘This adventurous collection samples widely from interesting domains of economics experiments. It touches all the important themes in why lab control is so extraordinarily useful for understanding general economic principles, and what we can look forward to.‘Table of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to A Research Agenda for Experimental Economics 1 Ananish Chaudhuri PART I 2 An informational framework for studying social norms 19 James Tremewan and Alexander Vostroknutov 3 Experiments in law and economics 43 Alice Guerra 4 Complying with environmental regulations: experimental evidence 69 Timothy N. Cason, Lana Friesen and Lata Gangadharan 5 Behavioural characteristics, stability of preferences and entrepreneurial success 93 Pushkar Maitra and Ananta Neelim 6 Experimental evidence on behavioural nudges in health 119 John Gibson PART II 7 The gender leadership gap: insights from experiments 137 Catherine Eckel, Lata Gangadharan, Philip J. Grossman, and Nina Xue 8 Experiments in political psychology 163 Kyle Fischer, Quentin D. Atkinson, and Ananish Chaudhuri 9 Neuroeconomics 191 Sarah Cowie, Ian Kirk, and Olav Krigolson 10 Sleep and decision-making 213 David L. Dickinson Index
