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dc.contributor.authorAnderson, R.
dc.contributor.authorGreene, William
dc.contributor.authorMcCullough, B.
dc.contributor.authorVinod, H.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T12:50:50Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T12:50:50Z
dc.date.created2016-09-12T08:37:02Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.identifier.citationAnderson, R. and Greene, W. and McCullough, B. and Vinod, H. 2008. The role of data/code archives in the future of economic research. Journal of Economic Methodology. 15 (1): pp. 99-119.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25924
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/13501780801915574
dc.description.abstract

This essay examines the role of data and program-code archives in making economic research 'replicable.' Replication of published results is recognized as an essential part of the scientific method. Yet, historically, both the 'demand for' and 'supply of' replicable results in economics has been minimal. 'Respect for the scientific method' is not sufficient to motivate either economists or editors of professional journals to ensure the replicability of published results. We enumerate the costs and benefits of mandatory data and code archives, and argue that the benefits far exceed the costs. Progress has been made since the gloomy assessment of Dewald, Thursby and Anderson some 20 years ago in the American Economic Review, but much remains to be done before empirical economics ceases to be a 'dismal science' when judged by the replicability of its published results.

dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.titleThe role of data/code archives in the future of economic research
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume15
dcterms.source.number1
dcterms.source.startPage99
dcterms.source.endPage119
dcterms.source.issn1350-178X
dcterms.source.titleJournal of Economic Methodology
curtin.departmentSchool of Economics and Finance
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