What Is Meant by “Replication” and Why Does It Encounter Resistance in Economics?

Maren Duvendack; Richard Palmer-Jones; W. Robert Reed

doi:10.1257/aer.p20171031

What Is Meant by “Replication” and Why Does It Encounter Resistance in Economics?

Maren Duvendack¹; Richard Palmer-Jones¹; W. Robert Reed²

¹ University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom (e-mail: ) · ² University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand (e-mail: )

American Economic Review 2017 open access

This paper discusses recent trends in the use of replications in economics. We include the results of recent replication studies that have attempted to identify replication rates within the discipline. These studies generally find that replication rates are relatively low. We then consider obstacles to undertaking replication studies and highlight replication initiatives in psychology and political science, behind which economics appears to lag.

DOI: 10.1257/aer.p20171031
Volume: 107 (5)
Pages: 46-51
Language: en
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