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Meta-regression analysis as the socio-economics of economics research
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posted on 2008-02-01, 00:00 authored by Tom StanleyTom Stanley, Chris DoucouliagosChris Doucouliagos, S JarrellMeta-regression analysis (MRA) provides an empirical framework through which to integrate disparate economics research results, filter out likely publication selection bias, and explain their wide variation using socio-economic and econometric explanatory variables. In dozens of applications, MRA has found excess variation among reported research findings, some of which is explained by socio-economic variables (e.g., researchers’ gender). MRA can empirically model and test socio-economic theories about economics research. Here, we make two strong claims: socio-economic MRAs, broadly conceived, explain much of the excess variation routinely found in empirical economics research; whereas, any other type of literature review (or summary) is biased.
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Journal of socio-economicsVolume
37Issue
1Pagination
276 - 292Publisher
Elsevier B.V.Location
Amsterdam, NetherlandsPublisher DOI
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1053-5357eISSN
1879-1239Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
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