The Development of Experimental Economics-Based on the Econometric Analysis of SCI and SSCI Database

Abstract

Abstract. Based on the 1328 papers with keywords of "experimental economics", we analyze the 6134 valid keywords by means of bibliometric, and get the high frequency word cloud distribution and co-word network of experimental economics. At present, auction, altruism, risk, reciprocity and so on are the main branches of experimental economics. And the tendency to subdivide of the study theme promotes the traditional theme of the common frequency reduction and the new high-frequency theme emergence. Researchers can rely on the position of a keyword in the network to focus on those keywords that are directly related to it to ensure that the scope of the study covers the existing core issues as much as possible. From the perspective of disciplinary development, experimental economics has become a recognized paradigm of economic research, but its scope of application and internal differentiation is still limited.