Sven Vlaeminck

In the past, the findings of numerous replication studies in economics have raised serious concerns regarding the credibility and reliability of published applied economic research. Literature suggests several explanations for these findings: Beyond missing incentives and rewards for the disclosure of data and code, only a small proportion of journals in economic sciences have implemented functional data availability policies.

EDaWaX stands for European Data Watch Extended. It recently introduced a new service, the “ ZBW Journal Data Archive”, to assist journals in storing and managing published economic research. This new service of the German National Library of Economics (ZBW) is free of charge to academic journals. Here is EDaWaX’s story.