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sion since the decision process of farmers is likely different from that of students . However , one also needs to note that the farmers may treat the experiment as a pre-policy evaluation and therefore behave strategically in hopes to influence policy makers ( Suter & Vossler , 2013 ).
There have been very few articles in the literature trying to integrate experiments and agent-based modeling even though the integration would benefit both fields . This could probably largely be attributed to the interdisciplinary nature of the field , and the challenge to build a credible link between the two . The method in our study could be used as a framework to combine these two fields and help motivate future research in this area .
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