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Challenges for Macroeconomic Experiments. Shyam Sunder, Yale University 3rd LeeX International Conference on Theoretical and Experimental Macroeconomics Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, June 18-19, 2012. Seven Challenges.
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Challenges for Macroeconomic Experiments Shyam Sunder, Yale University 3rd LeeX International Conference on Theoretical and Experimental Macroeconomics Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, June 18-19, 2012
Seven Challenges • Addressing core concerns of economic discipline (in addition to methodology): What is the question? • Constructive mutual interchange with sister methodologies of the discipline: Why experiment? • Sources of research questions • Time • Institutions • Simplicity: What is essential? And Not? • Robustness check Design of Experiments