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A Preanalysis Plan to Replicate Sixty Economics Research Papers That Worked Half of the Time

Andrew C. Chang; Phillip Li · 2017 · American Economic Review

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Abstract (excerpt)

We attempted to replicate 67 macroeconomic papers using author-provided data and code files by following a preanalysis plan. Excluding 6 papers that used confidential data, we obtained data and code replication files for 29 of 35 papers…

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Metadata source: Crossref · DOI 10.1257/aer.p20171034