Economic Experiments for Policy Analysis and Program Design: A Guide for Agricultural Decisionmakers

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英文名称：

Economic Experiments for Policy Analysis and Program Design: A Guide for Agricultural Decisionmakers

作者：

Nathaniel Higgins; Daniel Hellerstein; Steven Wall; er; Lori Lynch

工作单位：

USDA's Economic Research Service

来源地址：

https://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details/?pubid=84668

关键词：

behavioral economics;  Conservation Reserve Program;  conservation targeting;  randomized controlled trials;  economic experiments;  laboratory experiments;  field experiment; 

年份：

2017

出版地：

Washington, DC, USA

总页数：

55 pp

语种：

English

摘要：

This report examines the use of experiments for building evidence to inform agricultural policy, providing an introduction to the field of experimental economics and discussing the increasing use of field experiments and randomized controlled trials in the social sciences and in government.

See related Amber Waves article Gathering Experimental Evidence To Improve the Design of Agricultural Programs.