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NOTE: This blog is a repost of one originally published at the Informs blogsite ( click here). We thank David Simchi-Levi for permission to repost. Several scientific disciplines have been conducting replication initiatives to investigate the reliability of published research results. Replication studies are particularly important in social sciences for creating and advancing the state of knowledge.

[From the working paper, “Replication in experimental economics: A historical and**quantitative approach focused on public good game experiments” by Nicolas Vallois and Dorian Jullien*]* The current “replication crisis” concerns the inability of scientists to “replicate”, i.e. to reproduce a great number of their empirical findings. Many disciplines are concerned. Yet things appear to be better in experimental economics (EE).