What Can Experiments Tell Us About How to Improve Government Performance?
| Main author: | Gisselquist, Rachel M. |
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| Other authors: | Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel |
| Format: | Journal Article |
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eprints-37612 |
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SOAS, University of London |
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SOAS Research Online |
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English English |
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English English |
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In recent years, experimental methods have been both highly celebrated, and roundly criticized, as a means of addressing core questions in the social sciences. They have received particular attention in the analysis of development interventions. This paper focuses on two key questions: (1) what have been the main contributions of RCTs to the study of government performance? and (2) what could be the contributions, and relatedly the limits? It draws inter alia on a new systematic review of experimental and quasi-experimental studies on governance to consider both the contributions and limits of RCTs in the extant literature. A final section introduces the studies included in this symposium in light of this discussion. Collectively, the studies push beyond polarized debates over experimental methods towards a new middle ground, considering both how experimental work can better address identified weaknesses and how experimental and non-experimental techniques can be combined most fruitfully. |
| format |
Journal Article |
| author |
Gisselquist, Rachel M. |
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Gisselquist, Rachel M. Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel |
| authorStr |
Gisselquist, Rachel M. |
| author_letter |
Gisselquist, Rachel M. |
| author2 |
Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel |
| author2Str |
Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel |
| title |
What Can Experiments Tell Us About How to Improve Government Performance? |
| publisher |
De Gruyter |
| publishDate |
2015 |
| url |
https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/37612/
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