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GRUNOW: Update on IREE – the First and Only Journal Dedicated to Replications in Economics
IREE (the International Journal for Re-Views in Empirical Economics) was launched in September 2017, supported by our prestigious board of academic advisors: Sir Angus Deaton, Richard Easterlin, and Jeffrey Wooldridge. It is the first, and, to date, only journal solely…
Read MoreBÉDÉCARRATS et al.: Lessons from Replicating an RCT
In 2015, Crépon, Devoto, Duflo and Pariente (2015, henceforth CDDP), published the results of a randomized control trial (RCT) in a special issue of the AEJ: Applied Economics. CDDP evaluated the impact of a microcredit program conducted in Morocco with…
Read MoreROODMAN: Hookworms and Malaria and Replications, Oh My!
About 10 years ago, the economist Hoyt Bleakley published two important papers on the impact of health on wealth—more precisely, on the long-term economic impacts of large-scale disease eradication campaigns. In the Quarterly Journal of Economics, “Disease and Development: Evidence…
Read MoreGRUNOW: Say Hello to IREE – A New Economics Journal Dedicated to the Publishing of Replication Studies
Replications are pivotal for the credibility of empirical economics. Evidence-based policy requires findings that are robust and reproducible. Despite this, there has been a notable absence of serious effort to establish the reliability of empirical research in economics. As Edward…
Read MoreGRUNOW: Notes from a Workshop: “Replications in Empirical Economics – Ways Out of the Crisis”
“Next year, this topic should not be discussed in a pre-conference workshop but in the opening plenum of the conference!” This statement by a young researcher not only concluded the workshop but also gave bright prospects to replications in Economics….
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