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Making it real: Interpreting economic experiments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 December 2005

Eric Alden Smith
Eric Alden Smith*
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-3100 http://faculty.washington.edu/easmith/
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easmith@u.washington.edu
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Abstract

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The relationship between game play and naturalistic cooperation, generosity, or market involvement is ambiguous at best, making it difficult to link game results to preferences and beliefs guiding decision-making in daily life. Discounting reputation-based explanations because the games are anonymous, while arguing that game play is guided by motivational structures or framing effects reflecting daily life, is inconsistent.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 28 , Issue 6 , December 2005 , pp. 832 - 833
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005