policy makers to conclude that microfinance has been proven to have little or no positive impacts on people’s lives. We … that existing research on the impact of microfinance is generally underpowered to identify impacts, whether modest or zero …

argues for more emphasis on replication that specifically assesses whether the results reported in empirical studies are … diagnostic tests of misspecification. A replication plan is briefly outlined to illustrate what this would involve in practice in …

argues for more emphasis on replication that specifically assesses whether the results reported in empirical studies are … diagnostic tests for misspecification. A replication plan is briefly outlined to illustrate what this would involve in practice …

.12) We conduct a direct replication of the paper by (i) reconstructing the main independent variables using the same original …

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 …

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 …

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 …