Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/267931 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
I4R Discussion Paper Series No. 13
Publisher: 
Institute for Replication (I4R), s.l.
Abstract: 
Reanalyses of empirical studies and replications in new contexts are important for scientific progress. Journals in economics increasingly require authors to provide data and code alongside published papers, but how much does the economics profession actually replicate? This paper summarizes existing replication definitions and reviews how much economists replicate other scholars' work. We argue that in order to counter incentive problems potentially leading to a replication crisis, replications in the spirit of Merton's 'organized skepticism' are needed - what we call 'policing replications'. We review leading economics journals to show that policing replications are rare and conclude that more incentives to replicate are needed to reap the fruits of rising transparency standards.
Subjects: 
replication
replicability
research transparency
meta-science
generalizability
systematic review
JEL: 
A11
C18
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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