Moving from the lab to the field: Exploring scrutiny and duration effects in lab experiments

The most important issue facing experimental economists is the generalizability of lab results. This letter examines more than 1200 doctor/patient consultations, in which scrutiny and duration of treatment were varied. We show that scrutiny has an important but short-lived effect.

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inEconomics letters Vol. 100; no. 2; pp. 284 - 287
Main Authors Leonard, Kenneth L., Masatu, Melkiory C.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier B.V 01.08.2008
Elsevier
SeriesEconomics Letters
Subjects
Doctor-patient relationship
Evaluation
Experimental economics
Framing effect
Research methods
Scrutiny
Social preferences
Experimental economics
O2
C9
I1
Scrutiny
Framing effect
Social preferences
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

Abstract The most important issue facing experimental economists is the generalizability of lab results. This letter examines more than 1200 doctor/patient consultations, in which scrutiny and duration of treatment were varied. We show that scrutiny has an important but short-lived effect.
AbstractList The most important issue facing experimental economists is the generalizability of lab results. This letter examines more than 1200 doctor/patient consultations, in which scrutiny and duration of treatment were varied. We show that scrutiny has an important but short-lived effect.
The most important issue facing experimental economists is the generalizability of lab results. This letter examines more than 1200 doctor/patient consultations, in which scrutiny and duration of treatment were varied. We show that scrutiny has an important but short-lived effect. All rights reserved, Elsevier
Author Leonard, Kenneth L.
Masatu, Melkiory C.
Author_xml – sequence: 1
  givenname: Kenneth L.
  surname: Leonard
  fullname: Leonard, Kenneth L.
  email: kleonard@arec.umd.edu
  organization: 2200 Symons Hall, University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742, United States
– sequence: 2
  givenname: Melkiory C.
  surname: Masatu
  fullname: Masatu, Melkiory C.
  organization: Centre for Educational Development in Health, Arusha, Tanzania
BackLink http://econpapers.repec.org/article/eeeecolet/v_3a100_3ay_3a2008_3ai_3a2_3ap_3a284-287.htm$$DView record in RePEc
BookMark eNqFkEuLFDEUhYOMYM_oTxCyclflTaVSSbkRGcYHjrjRnRDSyS0nTXVSJulm-t-b6h7ceuE-FuccLt81uQoxICGvGbQM2PB216KNYcbSdgCqha4FBs_IhinJG8llf0U2VScaJgfxglznvANg3SjFhvz6Fo8-_KZTintaHpDOZktLPJ-Tx9m9o3ePyxzTKso2HYoPJ2qCo-6QTPExUJwmtCVTH85mfFww-T2Gkl-S55OZM7562jfk58e7H7efm_vvn77cfrhvrGCyNDVgBOyldKLnbBQ9qE6NyIUzI4LcOufUwLoemVNbkAaV6UfjtlViJdiB35A3l9wlxT8HzEXvfbY4zyZgPGTNh7FmclGF4iK0KeaccNJLfdWkk2agV5Z6p59Y6pWlhk5XltX39eJLuKD9Z8JaNq7io-aGAdR5qn22cuPXs_aybtXrTkn9UPY17f0lDSuTo8eks_UYLDqfKkntov_PP38B4tCb-Q
CitedBy_id crossref_primary_10_1016_j_jdeveco_2009_11_001
Cites_doi 10.1162/003355300554881
10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.03.043
10.1086/498587
10.1257/jep.15.4.11
10.1111/j.1468-0262.2006.00707.x
10.1016/S0196-0644(95)70009-9
10.1257/jep.22.2.93
10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.06.003
10.1257/jep.21.2.153
ContentType Journal Article
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V.
Copyright_xml – notice: 2008 Elsevier B.V.
DBID DKI
X2L
AAYXX
CITATION
8BJ
FQK
JBE
DOI 10.1016/j.econlet.2008.02.010
DatabaseName RePEc IDEAS
RePEc
CrossRef
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS)
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
DatabaseTitle CrossRef
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS)
DatabaseTitleList

International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS)
Database_xml – sequence: 1
  dbid: DKI
  name: RePEc IDEAS
  url: http://ideas.repec.org/
  sourceTypes: Index Database
DeliveryMethod fulltext_linktorsrc
Discipline Economics
EISSN 1873-7374
EndPage 287
ExternalDocumentID 10_1016_j_econlet_2008_02_010
eeeecolet_v_3a100_3ay_3a2008_3ai_3a2_3ap_3a284_287_htm
S0165176508000414
GroupedDBID --K
--M
--Z
-~X
.L6
.~1
0R~
1B1
1OL
1RT
1~.
1~5
29G
3R3
4.4
457
4G.
5GY
5VS
63O
6TJ
7-5
71M
8P~
9JO
AABNK
AACTN
AAEDT
AAEDW
AAFFL
AAIAV
AAIKJ
AAKOC
AALRI
AAOAW
AAPFB
AAQFI
AAQXK
AAXUO
ABFNM
ABFRF
ABJNI
ABLJU
ABMAC
ABXDB
ABYKQ
ACDAQ
ACGFO
ACGFS
ACHQT
ACNCT
ACRLP
ACROA
ADBBV
ADEZE
ADFHU
ADIYS
ADMUD
AEBSH
AEFWE
AEKER
AETEA
AEYQN
AFFNX
AFKWA
AFODL
AFTJW
AGHFR
AGTHC
AGUBO
AGYEJ
AHHHB
AI.
AIEXJ
AIIAU
AIKHN
AITUG
AJBFU
AJOXV
AJWLA
ALMA_UNASSIGNED_HOLDINGS
AMFUW
AMRAJ
ASPBG
AVWKF
AXJTR
AXLSJ
AZFZN
BEHZQ
BEZPJ
BGSCR
BKOJK
BLXMC
BNTGB
BPUDD
BULVW
BZJEE
CS3
DU5
EBS
EFJIC
EFLBG
EJD
EO8
EO9
EP2
EP3
F5P
FDB
FEDTE
FGOYB
FIRID
FNPLU
FYGXN
G-2
G-Q
GBLVA
HMB
HVGLF
HZ~
IHE
IXIXF
J1W
KOM
LPU
LY5
M41
MO0
MS~
MVM
N9A
O-L
O9-
OAUVE
OZT
P-8
P-9
P2P
PC.
PQQKQ
PVJ
Q38
R2-
RIG
ROL
RPZ
SDF
SDG
SDP
SEB
SEE
SES
SEW
SPCBC
SSB
SSF
SSZ
T5K
TN5
TWZ
ULY
UQL
VH1
WH7
WUQ
XPP
YK3
ZMT
~G-
08R
0R
1
8P
ABFLS
ADALY
DKI
G-
HZ
IPNFZ
K
L6
M
MS
PQEST
STF
X
X2L
Z
AAHBH
AAXKI
AAYXX
AFJKZ
AKRWK
CITATION
8BJ
ADMHG
FQK
JBE
ID FETCH-LOGICAL-c517t-eff90e477d543195408289e35da9e07bddd86124e1d8b07ae8a49adb9e3c70c63
IEDL.DBID .~1
ISSN 0165-1765
IngestDate Fri Oct 25 06:55:26 EDT 2024
Thu Sep 26 17:48:39 EDT 2024
Wed Aug 18 04:25:52 EDT 2021
Fri Feb 23 02:30:34 EST 2024
IsDoiOpenAccess false
IsOpenAccess true
IsPeerReviewed true
IsScholarly true
Issue 2
Keywords Experimental economics
O2
C9
I1
Scrutiny
Framing effect
Social preferences
Language English
LinkModel DirectLink
MergedId FETCHMERGED-LOGICAL-c517t-eff90e477d543195408289e35da9e07bddd86124e1d8b07ae8a49adb9e3c70c63
Notes ObjectType-Article-2
SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1
ObjectType-Feature-1
content type line 23
OpenAccessLink http://s3.amazonaws.com/fieldexperiments-papers2/papers/00293.pdf
PQID 36940835
PQPubID 23473
PageCount 4
ParticipantIDs proquest_miscellaneous_36940835
crossref_primary_10_1016_j_econlet_2008_02_010
repec_primary_eeeecolet_v_3a100_3ay_3a2008_3ai_3a2_3ap_3a284_287_htm
elsevier_sciencedirect_doi_10_1016_j_econlet_2008_02_010
PublicationCentury 2000
PublicationDate 2008-08-01
PublicationDateYYYYMMDD 2008-08-01
PublicationDate_xml – month: 08
  year: 2008
  text: 2008-08-01
  day: 01
PublicationDecade 2000
PublicationSeriesTitle Economics Letters
PublicationTitle Economics letters
PublicationYear 2008
Publisher Elsevier B.V
Elsevier
Publisher_xml – name: Elsevier B.V
– name: Elsevier
References Leonard, Kenneth L., Masatu, Melkiory C., 2007. Reexamining the gap between medical ability and practice using the Hawthorne effect. Mimeo, University of Maryland.
Leonard, Masatu (bib8) 2006; 63
DiNardo, Tobias (bib5) 2001; 15
Campbell, Maxey, Watson (bib4) 1995; 26
Akerlof, Kranton (bib1) 2000; 115
Levitt, List (bib10) 2007; 21
List (bib11) 2006; 114
Harrison, List (bib7) 2004
Das, Jishnu, Hammer, Jeffrey, Leonard, K.L., in press The quality of medical advice in low income countries. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 22 (2).
Benson (bib2) 2000; vol. 2
Leonard, Masatu (bib13) 2005; 61
Mayo (bib12) 1933
Gneezy, List (bib6) 2006; 74
10.1016/j.econlet.2008.02.010_bib3
Leonard (10.1016/j.econlet.2008.02.010_bib8) 2006; 63
Benson (10.1016/j.econlet.2008.02.010_bib2) 2000; vol. 2
Akerlof (10.1016/j.econlet.2008.02.010_bib1) 2000; 115
DiNardo (10.1016/j.econlet.2008.02.010_bib5) 2001; 15
List (10.1016/j.econlet.2008.02.010_bib11) 2006; 114
Leonard (10.1016/j.econlet.2008.02.010_bib13) 2005; 61
Gneezy (10.1016/j.econlet.2008.02.010_bib6) 2006; 74
Campbell (10.1016/j.econlet.2008.02.010_bib4) 1995; 26
Levitt (10.1016/j.econlet.2008.02.010_bib10) 2007; 21
Mayo (10.1016/j.econlet.2008.02.010_bib12) 1933
Harrison (10.1016/j.econlet.2008.02.010_bib7) 2004
10.1016/j.econlet.2008.02.010_bib9
References_xml – volume: 114
  year: 2006
  ident: bib11
  article-title: The behavioralist meets the market: measuring social preferences and reputation effects in actual transactions
  publication-title: Journal of Political Economy
  contributor:
    fullname: List
– volume: 21
  year: 2007
  ident: bib10
  article-title: What do laboratory experiments measuring social preferences tell us about the real world?
  publication-title: Journal of Economic Perspectives
  contributor:
    fullname: List
– volume: 15
  start-page: 11
  year: 2001
  end-page: 28
  ident: bib5
  article-title: Nonparametric density and regression estimation
  publication-title: Journal of Economic Perspectives
  contributor:
    fullname: Tobias
– volume: 115
  start-page: 715
  year: 2000
  end-page: 753
  ident: bib1
  article-title: Economics and identity
  publication-title: Quarterly Journal of Economics
  contributor:
    fullname: Kranton
– volume: 63
  start-page: 2330
  year: 2006
  end-page: 2340
  ident: bib8
  article-title: Outpatient process quality evaluation and the Hawthorne effect
  publication-title: Social Science and Medicine
  contributor:
    fullname: Masatu
– start-page: 17
  year: 2004
  ident: bib7
  article-title: Field experiments
  publication-title: Journal of Economic Literature
  contributor:
    fullname: List
– volume: 74
  start-page: 1365
  year: 2006
  end-page: 1384
  ident: bib6
  article-title: Putting behavioral economics to work: testing gift exchange in labor markets using field experiments
  publication-title: Econometrica
  contributor:
    fullname: List
– year: 1933
  ident: bib12
  article-title: The Human Problems of an Industrial Civilization
  contributor:
    fullname: Mayo
– volume: 61
  start-page: 1944
  year: 2005
  end-page: 1951
  ident: bib13
  article-title: The use of direct clinician observation and vignettes for health services quality evaluation in developing countries
  publication-title: Social Science and Medicine
  contributor:
    fullname: Masatu
– volume: 26
  start-page: 590
  year: 1995
  end-page: 594
  ident: bib4
  article-title: Hawthorne effect: implications for prehospital research
  publication-title: Annals of Emergency Medicine
  contributor:
    fullname: Watson
– volume: vol. 2
  year: 2000
  ident: bib2
  article-title: The Hawthorne effect
  publication-title: The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science
  contributor:
    fullname: Benson
– start-page: 17
  year: 2004
  ident: 10.1016/j.econlet.2008.02.010_bib7
  article-title: Field experiments
  publication-title: Journal of Economic Literature
  contributor:
    fullname: Harrison
– volume: 115
  start-page: 715
  issue: 3
  year: 2000
  ident: 10.1016/j.econlet.2008.02.010_bib1
  article-title: Economics and identity
  publication-title: Quarterly Journal of Economics
  doi: 10.1162/003355300554881
  contributor:
    fullname: Akerlof
– volume: 61
  start-page: 1944
  issue: 9
  year: 2005
  ident: 10.1016/j.econlet.2008.02.010_bib13
  article-title: The use of direct clinician observation and vignettes for health services quality evaluation in developing countries
  publication-title: Social Science and Medicine
  doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.03.043
  contributor:
    fullname: Leonard
– volume: vol. 2
  year: 2000
  ident: 10.1016/j.econlet.2008.02.010_bib2
  article-title: The Hawthorne effect
  contributor:
    fullname: Benson
– volume: 114
  issue: 1
  year: 2006
  ident: 10.1016/j.econlet.2008.02.010_bib11
  article-title: The behavioralist meets the market: measuring social preferences and reputation effects in actual transactions
  publication-title: Journal of Political Economy
  doi: 10.1086/498587
  contributor:
    fullname: List
– volume: 15
  start-page: 11
  issue: 4
  year: 2001
  ident: 10.1016/j.econlet.2008.02.010_bib5
  article-title: Nonparametric density and regression estimation
  publication-title: Journal of Economic Perspectives
  doi: 10.1257/jep.15.4.11
  contributor:
    fullname: DiNardo
– volume: 74
  start-page: 1365
  issue: 5
  year: 2006
  ident: 10.1016/j.econlet.2008.02.010_bib6
  article-title: Putting behavioral economics to work: testing gift exchange in labor markets using field experiments
  publication-title: Econometrica
  doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0262.2006.00707.x
  contributor:
    fullname: Gneezy
– volume: 26
  start-page: 590
  issue: 5
  year: 1995
  ident: 10.1016/j.econlet.2008.02.010_bib4
  article-title: Hawthorne effect: implications for prehospital research
  publication-title: Annals of Emergency Medicine
  doi: 10.1016/S0196-0644(95)70009-9
  contributor:
    fullname: Campbell
– ident: 10.1016/j.econlet.2008.02.010_bib3
  doi: 10.1257/jep.22.2.93
– ident: 10.1016/j.econlet.2008.02.010_bib9
– volume: 63
  start-page: 2330
  issue: 9
  year: 2006
  ident: 10.1016/j.econlet.2008.02.010_bib8
  article-title: Outpatient process quality evaluation and the Hawthorne effect
  publication-title: Social Science and Medicine
  doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.06.003
  contributor:
    fullname: Leonard
– year: 1933
  ident: 10.1016/j.econlet.2008.02.010_bib12
  contributor:
    fullname: Mayo
– volume: 21
  issue: 2
  year: 2007
  ident: 10.1016/j.econlet.2008.02.010_bib10
  article-title: What do laboratory experiments measuring social preferences tell us about the real world?
  publication-title: Journal of Economic Perspectives
  doi: 10.1257/jep.21.2.153
  contributor:
    fullname: Levitt
SSID ssj0012975
Score 1.8897012
Snippet The most important issue facing experimental economists is the generalizability of lab results. This letter examines more than 1200 doctor/patient...
SourceID proquest
crossref
repec
elsevier
SourceType Aggregation Database
Index Database
Publisher
StartPage 284
SubjectTerms Doctor-patient relationship
Evaluation
Experimental economics
Framing effect
Research methods
Scrutiny
Social preferences
Title Moving from the lab to the field: Exploring scrutiny and duration effects in lab experiments
URI https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2008.02.010
http://econpapers.repec.org/article/eeeecolet/v_3a100_3ay_3a2008_3ai_3a2_3ap_3a284-287.htm
https://search.proquest.com/docview/36940835
Volume 100
hasFullText 1
inHoldings 1
isFullTextHit
isPrint
link http://utb.summon.serialssolutions.com/2.0.0/link/0/eLvHCXMwnV1La9wwEBYhObSXkqQJ2ealQ6_etS3JknoLebBpSC5NIIeAkCyFbqDeZddbyKW_vTOyvEmgEKhBtmwsIUbSaGR_3wwhX6WupaqlyDi3OuNO8ExprjJmZVXb2nkZkO98fVON7_j3e3G_Rk57LgzCKpPu73R61NbpyShJczSbTEY_kIhTSLQw0DCJwazR2RaM6eGfFcyjQOZo599boDNE8cLiGT0Ncc8J4kmQynKYI5H23-vTK_tzYx5moX61DF1skk_JfqQnXRO3yFpotsmHnl68-EweruM3Aoq8EQrWHYVupu00ZiNc7Rtd4e4o6AwYeM0ztY2nftmNBpowHnTSxMIvQQAWO-Tu4vz2dJylEApZDbJpMyig88Cl9Mh51wLDSysdmPBWh1w6770CG4eHwiuXSxuU5dp6B6_UMq8rtkvWm2kT9giVUrtHX0nGQoBNYWG1C6VwovTSlqxyAzLsBWdmnacM00PInkySdIp6WRqQ9ICoXrzmTZcb0ObvFT3uu8PAdMB_HLYJ0-XCsEpztCoH5Cz20qopAQ6YWlDPb8NskedwfoYUa2V2gllIM7wqbmAjaX62v778fxv3yccOW4JgwQOy3s6X4RAMmNYdxRF6RDZOLq_GN3B3dnX5F0Ny8ZI
link.rule.ids 315,783,787,4018,4511,24130,27938,27939,45599,45693
linkProvider Elsevier
linkToHtml http://utb.summon.serialssolutions.com/2.0.0/link/0/eLvHCXMwnV3NS-QwFA-iB_cirrrsrO6ag9fOtE3SJN4WPxg_xosKHoSQNFmcge0MTkfw4t--77Xp6IIgWEgbShPCe-nLS_v7vUfIgdSlVKUUCedWJ9wJnijNVcKsLEpbOi8D8p1HV8Xwlp_fibsVctRxYRBWGW1_a9Mbax3vDKI0B7PxeHCNRJxMooeBjgkms17jGD8LJnX_ZYnzyJA62gb4FhgNUbzSeAaTPm46QT4RU5n3U2TSvr9AvXFA1x7DLJRv1qHTTbIRHUj6ux3jV7ISqi2y3vGL59vkftR8JKBIHKHg3lHQM62nTbXBqx3SJfCOgtGAmVc9U1t56hftdKAR5EHHVdP4NQvAfIfcnp7cHA2TmEMhKUE4dQINdBq4lB5J71pgfmmlAxPe6pBK571X4OTwkHnlUmmDslxb7-CRUqZlwb6R1Wpahe-ESqndH19IxkKAXWFmtQu5cCL30uascD3S7wRnZm2oDNNhyCYmSjqmvcwNSLpHVCde85_ODZjzj5rud-ow8D7gTw5bheliblihObqVPXLcaGk5lAAHvFvQz5NhNktTOD9DaXpldoxVKDO8Km5gJ2ke6r8_Pj_GfbI-vBldmsuzq4td8qUFmiBycI-s1o-L8BO8mdr9ambrP1aV8js
openUrl ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info%3Aofi%2Fenc%3AUTF-8&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsummon.serialssolutions.com&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Moving+from+the+lab+to+the+field%3A+Exploring+scrutiny+and+duration+effects+in+lab+experiments&rft.jtitle=Economics+letters&rft.au=Leonard%2C+Kenneth+L&rft.au=Masatu%2C+Melkiory+C&rft.series=Economics+Letters&rft.date=2008-08-01&rft.pub=Elsevier&rft.issn=0165-1765&rft.eissn=1873-7374&rft.volume=100&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=284&rft.epage=287&rft_id=info:doi/10.1016%2Fj.econlet.2008.02.010&rft.externalDocID=eeeecolet_v_3a100_3ay_3a2008_3ai_3a2_3ap_3a284_287_htm
thumbnail_l http://covers-cdn.summon.serialssolutions.com/index.aspx?isbn=/lc.gif&issn=0165-1765&client=summon
thumbnail_m http://covers-cdn.summon.serialssolutions.com/index.aspx?isbn=/mc.gif&issn=0165-1765&client=summon
thumbnail_s http://covers-cdn.summon.serialssolutions.com/index.aspx?isbn=/sc.gif&issn=0165-1765&client=summon