L'économétrie des données expérimentales : défis et opportunités

Experimental economics produce rich and valid data sets that enable the researchers to evaluate and understand the behaviour of individuals in many decisional contexts. Experiments conduct in a laboratory setting permit to compare different environments and institutions without suffering from the private and the social costs if you implement them in the real life. The goal of this paper is to answer the following questions relatively to the econometrics of experimental data: Whatis the current state of the arts and which challenges are facing us to better benefit from the experimental data? We conclude that the experimental approach in economics will continue to play a major role in the progression of the economic science and of the econometric methodology. The experimental approach producing empirical data is a huge asset for all the economists interested to transfer their knowledge to all sectors of the society. In general, the economic and political leaders are always better convinced by facts and data than by theory.