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American Economic Review Vol. 107 No. 5 2017

Replication, Meta-Analysis, and Research Synthesis in Economics

Richard G. Anderson; Areerat Kichkha

Lindenwood University, 209 S. Kingshighway, St. Charles, Missouri 63301 (e-mail: )

Abstract

Replicability is essential to assure the scientific integrity of empirical economic research. Some authors have suggested metadata analysis as a complementary tool. This suggestion must be addressed with caution. Empirical studies in most of economics are nonstochastic in the sense that they seldom are created via experiments and, with the data and computer software in-hand, should be reproducible without error.

DOI
10.1257/aer.p20171033
Volume
107
Issue
5
Pages
56-59
Language
en
Sources
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