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The ethics of student participation in economic experiments: Arguments and evidence
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Hoffmann, R and Blijlevens, J and Chuah, S-H and Neelim, A and Peryman, J and Skali, A, The ethics of student participation in economic experiments: Arguments and evidence, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 85 pp. 1-30. ISSN 2214-8043 (2020) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1016/j.socec.2020.101521
Abstract
Despite strong professional practice norms experimental economists are increasingly subject to sweeping ethics review processes. A central issue in these processes is the recruitment of students as "overresearched" participants. We critically discuss the potential associated ethical risks typically identified in ethics regulations. We then test the efficacy of potential design countermeasures. We find support for some (informed consent procedures, debriefings, non-differential rewards, opt-in) but not others (research outside class time, educational relevance, non-teacher researchers). The paper intends to inform economists’ (1) design choices to reduce ethical risks without sacrificing scientific integrity, and (2) justification of these choices to ethics review boards.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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| Keywords: | human participant research, students, research ethics, informed consent |
| Research Division: | Economics |
| Research Group: | Applied Economics |
| Research Field: | Experimental Economics |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding Knowledge in Economics |
| UTAS Author: | Chuah, S-H (Professor Swee-Hoon Chuah) |
| ID Code: | 139018 |
| Year Published: | 2020 |
| Deposited By: | Economics and Finance |
| Deposited On: | 2020-05-21 |
| Last Modified: | 2020-06-25 |
| Downloads: | 4 View Download Statistics |
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