Capture In support of recent efforts by social scientists to address the â reproducibility crisisâ, the Journal of Development Effectiveness (JDEff) recently devoted a special issue on replication research studies in its last issue of 2019. Most journals continue to favor new research rather than replication work and to publish research whose data and codes have not been tested.
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 âInsignificant Results in Public Financeâ.
The journal Economics: The Open Access, Open Assessment E-Journal is publishing a special issue on âThe Practice of Replication.â This is how the journal describes it: âThe last several years have seen increased interest in replications in economics. This was highlighted by the most recent meetings of the American Economic Association, which included three sessions on replications (see here, here), and here).