Jun 28, 2017 | San Diego
BITSS Paper Session at 92nd Annual WEAI, San Diego
BITSS has organized two paper sessions on Day 4 of the 92nd Annual Western Economics Association International Conference in San Diego, Ca.
Topics will include meta-analysis, publication bias, data sharing, and research transparency, featuring work by several SSMART grant recipients.
Speakers will include Garret Christensen (BITSS, BIDS), Abel Brodeur (University of Ottawa), Elliott Collins (UC Berkeley), Fernando Hoces de la Guardia (RAND Corporation), Taisuke Imai (Caltech), Chishio Furukawa (MIT), and Mauricio Romero (UC San Diego).
10:15 AM – 12:00 PM
Meta-Analysis, Publication Bias, and Reproducibility in Economics
Organizer and Chair: Garret Christensen (BITSS, BIDS)
Papers: Abel Brodeur* (University of Ottawa) and Cristina Blanco-Perez (University of Ottawa): Publication Bias and Editorial Statement on Negative Findings
Elliott Collins* (UC Berkeley), Ethan A. Ligon, (UC Berkeley), and Reajul Chowdury (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign): Welfare Comparisons across Expenditure Surveys
Taisuke Imai* (CalTech) and Colin Camerer (CalTech): A Large-Scale, Interdisciplinary Meta-Analysis on Behavioral Economics Parameters
Discussants: Fernando Hoces de la Guardia (Pardee RAND Graduate School), Mauricio Romero (UC San Diego), and Chishio Furukawa (MIT)
2:30 PM – 4:15 PM
Transparency, Publication Bias, and Reproducibility in Economics
Organizer and Chair: Garret Christensen (BITSS, BIDS)
Papers: Chishio Furukawa* (MIT): Unbiased Publication Bias: Theory and Evidence
Sebastian Galiani (University of Maryland, College Park), Paul J. Gertler (UC Berkeley and NBER), and Mauricio Romero* (UC San Diego): Replication in Economics
Fernando Hoces de la Guardia* (Pardee RAND Graduate School): How Transparency and Reproducibility Can Increase Credibility in Policy Analysis: A Case Study of the Minimum Wage Policy Estimate
Garret Christensen* (BITSS, BIDS), Allan Dafoe (Yale University), and Edward Miguel, (UC Berkeley): The Causal Impact of Data Sharing on Citation Count
Discussants: Abel Brodeur (University of Ottawa), Taisuke Imai (CalTech), and Elliott Collins (UC Berkeley)