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Young researchers discover importance of reproducible and transparent research
From the article “As a Fulbright PhD student in development economics from Brussels, my experience this past year on the Berkeley campus has been eye opening. In particular, I discovered a new movement toward improving the standards of openness and…
Read MorePeer Review Conspiracy Leads to Large Scale Article Retractions in Medical Journals
FROM THE ARTICLE: “A major publisher of scholarly medical and science articles has retracted 43 papers because of “fabricated” peer reviews amid signs of a broader fake peer review racket affecting many more publications. As The Washington Post reports, BioMed…
Read MoreBlogsite “Political Science Replication” summarizes the LaCour faked data scandal
The blogsite Political Science Replication summarizes the recent “scandal” in which a graduate student at UCLA (Michael LaCour) is accused of fabricating data for an article published in Science magazine, leading to its retraction. The summary includes a description of…
Read MorePodcast on replications in economics
Professor Larry White of George Mason University interviews Professor Bob Reed on the status of replications in economics. Click on “Read More” then click here to listen to the podcast.
Read MoreRetractions and faked data
FROM THE ARTICLE: “A political scientist on Tuesday said he was retracting a paper he’d co-authored — one with wide influence on how campaigns can change public opinion — when faced with evidence that the paper’s central finding was based…
Read MorePublic Finance Review publishes special issue on replication in public economics
The March 2015 issue of Public Finance Review is a special issue dedicated to replications in public economics. Click on “Read More” then click here.
Read MoreReplication special issues in international development
A special section on replication published by Progress in Development Studies, 2013: http://pdj.sagepub.com/content/current The Journal of Development Studies is about to publish a special section on replication too, some of the articles are published online already: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00220388.2013.807502#.Ui2bjz_px-U http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00220388.2013.807501#.Ui2b0z_px-U
Read MoreMAER-Net Colloquium 2015
To be held in Prague 10-12 September 2015 More information to follow.
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