Developing new methods for laboratory experiments in political economics

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26590044
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Public finance/Public economy
• Research Institution: Kochi University of Technology
• Principal Investigator: Hizen Yoichi 高知工科大学, 経済・マネジメント学群, 教授 (10344459)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 政治経済学 / 実験経済学 / 実験政治学 / 投票

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In order to increase the interaction between political scientists and economists in the field of political economy experiments, we need to find out a new experimental method appropriate for the analysis of decision making under political institutions, instead of merely following the method of experimental economics. In this research project, we proposed and conducted two experimental studies: one in which we followed the method of experimental economics but analyzed the data on the basis of social psychology, and the other in which subjects were motivated by opportunity costs, instead of monetary costs, in their voting decisions.

Free Research Field

政治経済学