TY - JOUR
T1 - Experiments in Public Management Research
AU - Blom-Hansen, Jens
AU - Morton, Rebecca
AU - Serritzlew, Søren
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2015/4/3
Y1 - 2015/4/3
N2 - ABSTRACT: This article argues that experimental methods are underused in public management research. This is lamentable, since this research field faces especially severe endogeneity problems. We introduce five different experimental designs together with a discussion of their strengths and weaknesses in public management research: lab, survey, field, natural, and quasi-experiments. We also discuss whether experiments are low on external validity. This objection is often raised, but we think it is false.
AB - ABSTRACT: This article argues that experimental methods are underused in public management research. This is lamentable, since this research field faces especially severe endogeneity problems. We introduce five different experimental designs together with a discussion of their strengths and weaknesses in public management research: lab, survey, field, natural, and quasi-experiments. We also discuss whether experiments are low on external validity. This objection is often raised, but we think it is false.
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U2 - 10.1080/10967494.2015.1024904
DO - 10.1080/10967494.2015.1024904
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84931346647
SN - 1096-7494
VL - 18
SP - 151
EP - 170
JO - International Public Management Journal
JF - International Public Management Journal
IS - 2
ER -