TY  - JOUR
AU  - Hamermesh,Daniel S.
TI  - Replication in Economics
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 13026
PY  - 2007
Y2  - April 2007
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w13026
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w13026.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Daniel S. Hamermesh
Department of Economics
University of Texas
Austin, TX 78712-1173
Tel: 512/475-8526
Fax: 512/471-3510
E-Mail: hamermes@eco.utexas.edu
M1  - published as as "Viewpoint: Replication in Economics," Canadian Journal of Economics, Vol 40, no 3 (August 2007), pp. 715-733
AB  - This examination of the role and potential for replication in economics points out the paucity of both pure replication -- checking on others' published papers using their data -- and scientific replication -- using data representing different populations in one's own work or in a Comment.  Several controversies in empirical economics illustrate how and how not to behave when replicating others' work.  The incentives for replication facing editors, authors and potential replicators are examined. Recognising these incentives, I advance proposals aimed at journal editors that will increase the supply of replication studies, and I propose a way of generating more scientific replication that will make empirical economic research more credible.
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