Implementing Increased Transparency and Reproducibility in Economics: Lessons Learned

Replicability is at the core of the scientific enterprise. In the past 30 years, recurring concerns about the extent of replicability (or lack thereof) of the research in various disciplines have surfaced, including in economics.

I am the Data Editor responsible for pre-publication reproducibility for 8 journals, and will convey to participants practical recommendations for creating reproducible research, as a researcher, as a journal editor, and from an institutional perspective.

The solutions to these problems will change the way research will be taught and conducted, in economics in particular, and in the social sciences more broadly. The implications affect undergraduate and graduate teaching, research infrastructure, and habits.