Against the replication crisis: New international journal encourages replication studies
Posted: August 1st, 2017 | Author: Sven | Filed under: Data Sharing, journals, Projects | Tags: data journal, Replication, replication studies | Comments Off on Against the replication crisis: New international journal encourages replication studies
The International Journal for Re-Views in Empirical Economics (IREE) is a new journal dedicated to replication studies, research on replication methods and standards. The publication of micro-economic data sets, descriptions thereof and synthesizing reviews in empirical economics demonstrate that IREE takes empirical economics seriously.
Replications are pivotal for the credibility of empirical economics. Only findings which are robust and replicable can be generalized and can serve as evidence based advice to economic policy. But, already in 1983 Edward Leamer stated (p. 37):
