The Duhem-Quine thesis and experimental economics. A reinterpretation
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Experimental economics; methodology; Duhem-Quine thesis.;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- B41 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Economic Methodology - - - Economic Methodology
- C90 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EXP-2003-06-04 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-HPE-2003-06-04 (History and Philosophy of Economics)
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