A framework for evaluating reproducibility and replicability in economics

C-Tier
Journal: Economic Inquiry
Year: 2025
Volume: 63
Issue: 2
Pages: 338-356

Authors (2)

Score contribution per author:

0.503 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We propose a framework for evaluating reproducibility and replicability in economics. Reproducibility is defined as testing if the results of an original study can be reproduced using the same data and replicability is defined as testing if the results of an original study hold in new data. We further divide reproducibility and replicability studies into five types: computational reproducibility, recreate reproducibility, robustness reproducibility, direct replicability and conceptual replicability. In addition to this typology we propose indicators to measure the degree of reproducibility and replicability in both individual studies and for a group of studies.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:bla:ecinqu:v:63:y:2025:i:2:p:338-356
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25