Open access to data: An ideal professed but not practised
Patrick Andreoli-Versbach () and
Frank Mueller-Langer
Research Policy, 2014, vol. 43, issue 9, 1621-1633
Abstract:
Data-sharing is an essential tool for replication, validation and extension of empirical results. Using a hand-collected data set describing the data-sharing behaviour of 488 randomly selected empirical researchers, we provide evidence that most researchers in economics and management do not share their data voluntarily. We derive testable hypotheses based on the theoretical literature on information-sharing and relate data-sharing to observable characteristics of researchers. We find empirical support for the hypotheses that voluntary data-sharing significantly increases with (a) academic tenure, (b) the quality of researchers, (c) the share of published articles subject to a mandatory data-disclosure policy of journals, and (d) personal attitudes towards “open science” principles. On the basis of our empirical evidence, we discuss a set of policy recommendations.
Keywords: Voluntary data-sharing; Mandatory data-disclosure; Open science (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B40 C80 L59 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2014.04.008
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