USEFUL REFERENCES
For a simple and relatively applied introduction
1. Camerer, C. and E. Fehr, Measuring social norms and preferences using experimental
games: a guide for social scientists, Working paper no 97. 2002, Institute for Empirical
Research in Economics, University of Zurich: Zurich.
2. Cardenas, J.C. and J. Carpenter, Behavioral Development Economics: Lessons from field
labs in the developing world. Journal of Development Studies (forthcoming), 2007.
3. Carpenter, J., G. Harrison, and J. List, Field Experiments in Economics: An Introduction,
in Field Experiments in Economics, J. Carpenter, G. Harrison, and J. List, Editors. 2005,
Elsevier Ltd. p. 1-16.
For a further in-depth introduction
4. Camerer, C., Behavioral Game Theory: Experiments in Strategic Interaction. 2003,
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
5. Camerer, C. and G. Loewenstein, Behavioural economics: past, present, future. 2002,
Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech.
Use of experimental economics for specific applied issues in developing countries:
 15 small-scale society project
6. Henrich, J., et al., Foundations of Human Sociality: Economic Experiments and
Ethnographic Evidence from Fifteen Small-Scale Societies 2004: Oxford University
Press.
7. Henrich, J., et al., In search of Homo Economicus: Experiments in 15 Small-Scale
Societies. American Economic Review, 2001. 91(2): p. 73-79.
 Experiments with nurses in Ethiopia
8. Serneels, P., et al., For Public Service or Money: Understanding Geographical
Imbalances in the Health Workforce Health Policy and Planning, 2007. 22(3): p. 128138.
9. Barr, A., et al., Intrinsic motivations on the development frontline: do they exist? Do they
endure? 2005, Global Poverty Research Group, University of Oxford.
10. Barr, A., M. Lindelow, and P. Serneels, To serve the community or oneself: the public
servant's dilemma. 2003, Centre for Study of African Economies, University of Oxford.
 Linking experiments and survey measures
11. Karlan, D.S., Using Experimental Economics to Measure Social Capital and Predict
Financial Decisions. American Economic Review, 2005. 95(5): p. 1688-1699.
12. Carpenter, J. and E. Seki, Do Social Preferences Increase Productivity? Field
experimental evidence from fishermen in Toyama Bay. Contributions to Economic
Analysis & Policy, BE Press, 2006. 5(2).
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Other use of experiments in African countries
13. Barr, A., Social dilemmas and shame-based sanctions: experimental results from rural
Zimbabwe. 2001, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford.
14. Gowdy, J., R. Iorgulescu, and S. Onyeiwu, Fairness and retaliation in a rural Nigerian
village. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2003. 52(4): p. 469-479.
15. Greig, F.E. and I. Bohnet, Is there Reciprocity in a Reciprocal-Exchange Economy?
Evidence from a Slum in Nairobi, Kenya, in KSG Working Paper No. RWP05-044. 2005,
Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government.
16. Danielson, A.J. and H.J. Holm, Do you trust your brethren?: Eliciting trust attitudes and
trust behavior in a Tanzanian congregation. Journal of Economic Behavior &
Organization, 2007. 62(2): p. 255-271.
17. Holm, H.J. and A. Danielson, Tropic Trust versus Nordic Trust: Experimental Evidence
from Tanzania and Sweden. Economic Journal, 2005. 115: p. 505-532.