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标题：REACTIONS TO KEVIN DAVIS
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作者：Mariana Mota Prado ; Michael J. Trebilcock
期刊名称：Revista de Estudos Institucionais
电子版ISSN：2447-5467
出版年度：2020
卷号：6
期号：2
页码：714-717
出版社：Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
摘要：In a very thoughtful reaction to our book, Kevin Davis points to the ambiguity in the use of the term experimentation, and carefully distinguishes randomized controlled trials (RCTs) from other forms of experimentation, which are associated with the concept of “experimentalist governance”. The central point of his piece is to call attention to the fact that institutional bypasses are primarily associated with “experimentalist governance” and to warn the reader of the limited inferences one can make based on the type of experimentation proposed in our book. More specifically, Davis argues that institutional bypasses do not allow us to truly compare the performance of two institutions, in a way that RCTs would. What is being observed is the performance of the bypass along with the dominant institution; we do not know how the bypasses would operate if it were the only institution. Therefore, one has to refrain (or at least be extremely careful) in extrapolating from this experiment to the conclusion that the bypass is a superior institutional arrangement. Only randomized controlled trials would allow us to assert if one arrangement is superior to the other.
其他关键词：Institutional Bypasses;Law;institutional design