Social Experimentation and Economic Policy |
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| Author:
| Ferber, Robert
Hirsch, Werner Z. |
| Contribution by:
| Pencavel, John |
| Series title: | Cambridge Surveys of Economic Literature Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-28507-0 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 1981 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $31.99 |
Book Description:
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Social experimentation is a tool that enables economists and policy makers to test proposed economic policies in the real world. Instead of testing policies by analytical methods or by laboratory simulation, the policies are tested on people who would be affected were these policies implemented.
Social experimentation is a tool that enables economists and policy makers to test proposed economic policies in the real world. Instead of testing policies by analytical methods or by laboratory simulation, the policies are tested on people who would be affected were these policies implemented.