Crossing the Valley of Death Between Academic Research and Effective Policy

Cite As:
Maital Shlomo. Crossing the Valley of Death Between Academic Research and Effective Policy Haifa Israel: Samuel Neaman Institute, 2020. https://neaman.org.il/EN/Crossing-the-Valley-of-Death-Between-Academic-Research-and-Effective-Policy

Why does much valuable academic research fail to impact public policy?  I argue that the way forward to relevance and credibility for economics lies through RCT’s – randomized controlled trials, in which the methodology of scientific experimentation joins with the theoretical insights of behavioral economics.

By joining the insights of behavioral economics with the rigor of scientific experiments, Economics’ relevance is currently being restored. 

To be published in:  M. Altman, editor,  Constructing a More Scientific Economics  (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2021.)

Publications that might interest you

Font Size:
Site Colors:
Accesskey
S - Skip navigation
1 - Home page
4 - Search
Accessibility Statement