FinanzArchiv / Public Finance Analysis

There is considerable concern among scholars that empirical papers face a drastically smaller chance of being published if the results looking to confirm an established theory turn out to be statistically insignificant. Such a publication bias can provide a wrong picture of economic magnitudes and mechanisms. Against this background, the journal FinanzArchiv/Public Finance Analysis recently posted a call for papers for a special issue on “Insignificant Results in Public Finance”.