Le Du, Michel <br/><br/>
Understanding and experimentation, in view of irrationality 

 -  2019.<br/>							 
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<br/><br/> ‪This paper’s main goal is to assess the ambitions of behavioral economics, especially the nature of its results. This new branch of knowledge is often presented as a new paradigm, but it is easy to show that it can’t break with away from the interpretative stance, which is traditional among social scientists. Accordingly, it is a mistake to think that experimentation can substitute for understanding, and a historical perspective will help us to understand why.‪