Arbeitspapier
The Meaning of Failed Replications: A Review and Proposal
The welcome rise of replication tests in economics has not been accompanied by a single, clear definition of replication. A discrepant replication, in current usage of the term, can signal anything from an unremarkable disagreement over methods to scientific incompetence or misconduct. This paper proposes an unambiguous definition of replication, one that reflects currently common but unstandardized use. It contrasts this definition with decades of unsuccessful attempts to standardize terminology, and argues that many prominent results described as replication tests in labor, development, and other fields of economics should not be described as such. Adopting this definition can improve incentives for researchers, encouraging more and better replication tests.
- Sprache
-
Englisch
- Erschienen in
-
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 9000
- Klassifikation
-
Wirtschaft
Economic Methodology: General
Methodological Issues: General
Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs: General
- Thema
-
replication
robustness
transparency
open data
ethics
reproducible
replicate
misconduct
fraud
error
code
registry
- Ereignis
-
Geistige Schöpfung
- (wer)
-
Clemens, Michael A.
- Ereignis
-
Veröffentlichung
- (wer)
-
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- (wo)
-
Bonn
- (wann)
-
2015
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
-
10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ
Datenpartner
ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft. Bei Fragen zum Objekt wenden Sie sich bitte an den Datenpartner.
Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Clemens, Michael A.
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2015
Ähnliche Objekte (12)
MERCOSUR: Another failed move towards regional integration?
Resolving failed banks: Uncertainty, multiple bidding & auction design
Why have all development strategies failed in Latin America?
Weimar Germany: the first open access order that failed?
International engagement in failed states: Choices and trade-offs
A Nordic Union? A review of the Gunnar-Wetterberg-proposal
Endogenous limits on proposal power
Capital Controls: A Pragmatic Proposal
Reducing systemic relevance: A proposal
Returns to apprenticeship training in Austria: evidence from failed firms
You failed! Government satisfaction and party preferences facing Islamist terrorism
Returns to Apprenticeship Training in Austria: Evidence from Failed Firms
MERCOSUR: Another failed move towards regional integration?
Resolving failed banks: Uncertainty, multiple bidding & auction design
Why have all development strategies failed in Latin America?
Weimar Germany: the first open access order that failed?
International engagement in failed states: Choices and trade-offs
A Nordic Union? A review of the Gunnar-Wetterberg-proposal
Endogenous limits on proposal power
Capital Controls: A Pragmatic Proposal
Reducing systemic relevance: A proposal
Returns to apprenticeship training in Austria: evidence from failed firms
You failed! Government satisfaction and party preferences facing Islamist terrorism
Returns to Apprenticeship Training in Austria: Evidence from Failed Firms
MERCOSUR: Another failed move towards regional integration?
Resolving failed banks: Uncertainty, multiple bidding & auction design
Why have all development strategies failed in Latin America?
Weimar Germany: the first open access order that failed?
International engagement in failed states: Choices and trade-offs
A Nordic Union? A review of the Gunnar-Wetterberg-proposal
Endogenous limits on proposal power
Capital Controls: A Pragmatic Proposal
Reducing systemic relevance: A proposal
Returns to apprenticeship training in Austria: evidence from failed firms
You failed! Government satisfaction and party preferences facing Islamist terrorism