#2005-014C "The Role of Data & Program Code Archives in the Future of Economic Research"
by Richard G. Anderson, William H. Greene, Bruce D. McCullough, and H. D. Vinod
February 2005
Revised July 2005

This essay examines the role of data and program-code archives in making economic research "replicable." Replication of published results is recognized as an essential part of the scientific method. Yet, historically, both the "demand for" and "supply of" replicable results in economics has been minimal. More...

PUBLISHED: Journal of Economic Methodology, March 2008, 15(1), pp. 99-119