Research Transparency Is on the Rise in Economics

Nicholas Swanson, Garret Christensen, Rebecca Littman, David Birke, Edward Miguel, Elizabeth Levy Paluck and Zenan Wang

AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2020, vol. 110, 61-65

Abstract: This study provides a first assessment of awareness of, attitudes toward, perceived norms regarding, and adoption of open science practices within a broadly representative sample of active economics researchers. We observe a steep increase in adoption over the last decade, with an accelerating trend: as of 2017, 93 percent of economists had used at least one such practice—including posting data, sharing study materials, and study pre-registration—rising from 33 percent a decade earlier. We document extensive variation in adoption across economics subfields. Notably, most economists appear to underestimate the trend toward research transparency in the discipline.

JEL-codes: A11 A14 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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