<p>They're complementary to each other. </p>

<p>With the development of Behavioral Game Theory, canonized in Camerer's 2003 textbook, the current paradigm of game theory <a href="http://levine.sscnet.ucla.edu/archive/refs4786969000000001307.pdf" rel="nofollow">1</a> is converging towards making theories about how people play games, and test them, most often with experiments.</p>

<p><a href="http://levine.sscnet.ucla.edu/archive/refs4786969000000001307.pdf" rel="nofollow">Wither Game Theory, Fudenberg &amp; Levine, 2016</a></p>

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<p>What are the main differences in the methods of game theory and experimental economics? Which method is better suited to analyze strategic behavior?</p>

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Depends on what exactly you mean by strategic behavior.
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# Game theory vs Experimental economics

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-10-14)

What are the main differences in the methods of game theory and experimental economics? Which method is better suited to analyze strategic behavior?

**Tags:** game-theory, behavioral-economics

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Depends on what exactly you mean by strategic behavior.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2016-10-15. Score: 1

They're complementary to each other.

With the development of Behavioral Game Theory, canonized in Camerer's 2003 textbook, the current paradigm of game theory [1](http://levine.sscnet.ucla.edu/archive/refs4786969000000001307.pdf) is converging towards making theories about how people play games, and test them, most often with experiments.

[Wither Game Theory, Fudenberg & Levine, 2016](http://levine.sscnet.ucla.edu/archive/refs4786969000000001307.pdf)


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