Replication in experimental economics : a historical and quantitative approach focused on public good game experiments

by Nicolas Vallois & Dorian Jullien

We propose a historical perspective on replication in experimental economics focused on public good games. Our intended contribution is twofold: in terms of method and in terms of object. Methodologically, we blend traditional qualitative history of economics with a less traditional quantitative approach using basic econometric tools to detect unnoticed historical patterns of replication. In terms of our object, we highlight a type of replication that we call "baseline replication", which is not present in explicit methodological discussions, yet central in the specificity of experimental economics regarding replication in economics.

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Year of publication:	January 25, 2018
Authors:	Vallois, Nicolas ; Jullien, Dorian
Publisher:	[Durham, NC] : Center for the History of Political Economy at Duke University
Subject:	Experimental Economics \| Replication \| History of Economic Thought \| Methodology \| Public Good Experiments \| Experiment \| Öffentliche Güter \| Public goods \| Ökonomische Ideengeschichte \| History of economic thought \| Experimentelle Ökonomik \| Experimental economics \| Spieltheorie \| Game theory \| Wissenschaftliche Methode \| Scientific method