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Modeling International Trade Flows Between Eastern European Countries and OECD Countries
Rault, Christophe; Sova, Robert; Sova, Ana Maria - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Our paper deals with econometric developments for the estimation of the gravity model which lead to convergent parameter estimates even when a correlation exists between the explanatory variables and the specific unobservable characteristics of each unit. We implement panel data econometric...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761674
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The Economics of Replication
Mueller-Langer, Frank; Fecher, Benedikt; Harhoff, Dietmar; … - 2017
Replication studies are considered a hallmark of good scientific practice. Yet they are treated among researchers as an … ideal to be professed but not practiced. To provide incentives and favorable boundary conditions for replication practice …, the main stakeholders need to be aware of what drives replication. Here we investigate how often replication studies are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653261
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From estimation resultsto stylized facts: Twelve recommendations for empirical research in international activities of heterogeneous firms
Wagner, Joachim - 2010
firm performance; replication; within-study replication by international research teams; meta-analysis; and talking to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274662
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Unobserved heterogeneity and risk in wage variance: Does schooling provide earnings insurance?
Mazza, Jacopo; van Ophem, Hans; Hartog, Joop - 2011
We apply a recently proposed method to disentangle unobserved heterogeneity from risk in returns to education. We replicate the original study on US men and extend to US women, UK men and German men. Most original results are not robust. A college education cannot universally be considered an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278739
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Mass Reproducibility and Replicability: A New Hope
Brodeur, Abel; Mikola, Derek; Cook, Nikolai - 2024
This study pushes our understanding of research reliability by reproducing and replicating claims from 110 papers in leading economic and political science journals. The analysis involves computational reproducibility checks and robustness assessments. It reveals several patterns. First, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014533953
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Perceptions and Practices of Replication by Social and Behavioral Scientists: Making Replications a Mandatory Element of Curricula Would Be Useful
Fecher, Benedikt; Fräßdorf, Mathis; Wagner, Gert G. - 2016
enterprise. Replication studies are necessary to detect erroneous research. Thus, the replicability of research is considered a … alike. In this case study we analyze perceptions and practices regarding replication studies in the social and behavioral …. Nevertheless, most respondents are not willing to spend their time to conduct replication studies. This situation can be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011479414
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The Influence of Hidden Researcher Decisions in Applied Microeconomics
Huntington-Klein, Nick; Arenas, Andreu; Beam, Emily A.; … - 2020
Researchers make hundreds of decisions about data collection, preparation, and analysis in their research. We use a many-analysts approach to measure the extent and impact of these decisions. Two published causal empirical results are replicated by seven replicators each. We find large...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012269911
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The Preference Survey Module: New Evidence on Social Preferences from Tehran
Kosfeld, Michael; Sharafi, Zahra - 2022
replication study in Tehran, Iran, are somewhat mixed. While quantitative items considering hypothetical versions of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012882582
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Sexual Orientation Discrimination in the Labor Market against Gay Men
Drydakis, Nick - 2021
The study replicates the first European field experiment on gay men's labor market prospects in Greece. Utilizing the same protocol as the original study in 2006-2007, two follow-up field experiments took place in 2013-2014 and 2018-2019. The study estimated that gay men experienced occupational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012658250
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Stated and Revealed Inequality Aversion in Three Subject Pools
Beranek, Benjamin; Cubitt, Robin; Gächter, Simon - 2015
a replication opportunity for those papers, with two innovations: (i) a design which allows stated and revealed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010513230