Experimental economics and deception: a comment
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The few benefits associated with the use of deception in economic experiments are only temporary and short-run. It is surpassed by possible negative consequences. Moreover, the prohibition of the use of deceptive methods in experiments should be the default position in experimental economics. Furthermore, a reputation of lying to subjects can be developed by the experimenter. And it will be difficult to reestablish trust among subject and experimenter.
Publication Name: Journal of Economic Psychology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0167-4870
Year: 1998
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Reply to Hey and Starmer & McDaniel
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External validity is as important as internal validity in which subject behaviour can be generalised outside the laboratory. Defining deception is not very important because that is the Prohibitionist's dilemma. Moreover, the grounds regarding the negative aftermath of deception point out that prohibition is needless and so definition is not a necessity. Moreover, justification for isolationism from knowledge of the outside world is not necessary.
Publication Name: Journal of Economic Psychology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0167-4870
Year: 1998
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Experimental economics and deception
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The careful and selective use of deception among economic experiments can intensify control and ensure the validity of the experiments. Moreover, there is no evidence that the use of deception can change the behavior of the subject and spoil the subject pool. Furthermore, proscribing deception does not put into risk other future experiments and using it in the experiments does not necessarily mean that the data it produced is invalid.
Publication Name: Journal of Economic Psychology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0167-4870
Year: 1998
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