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In Marshall Jevons's novel The Fatal Equilibrium, Henry Spearman (fictional professor of economics at Harvard University) says that "[e]conomists can't use laboratories in their research..." This is no longer true. Experimental tests of economic theories were being performed in the 1930's, and even earlier, and they are becoming more and more prevalent. . Like computational economics, experimental economics is not so much a distinct field as it is a set of tools. Most economists still prefer to test theories against field data (sometimes referred to as real data), but experimental data are becoming widely used in cases where field data are difficult or impossible to obtain, such as when testing counterfactual statements.
Here is a short list of experimental economics sites. More will be added as I find them, and if you know of a site, please let me know.
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