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New on JCRE: Andrew Gelman and Guido Imbens reply to Melle R. Albada’s comment on Regression Discontinuity Designs. #CausalInference #EconSky Read the exchange here: jcr-econ.org/stable-adjus...

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there will be a Replication Journal Showcase featuring @jcre.bsky.social, Journal of Robustness Reports, Journal of Open Psychological Data (via Verification Reports), Rescience C, and of course @r2journal.bsky.social.

Join us for the LOVE REPLICATIONS WEEK from March 2 - 6 with talks on reproductions, replications, how to find them, how to conduct them, how to have them conducted on your study, where to publish them, and much more!

2. Local linear/quadratic fits can also yield excessive false positive findings, even with best practices, and it can worsen as N grows. The author suggests that researchers should routinely investigate false positive rates in their studies. #econsky

1. Global high-order polynomials can assign extreme weights in sparse regions—but because few observations receive them, the impact on the treatment estimate is often small.

The comment revisits Gelman & Imbens (2019) on polynomial regression discontinuity. The author shows two common critiques depend on context and interpretation.

New in JCRE: Why High-Order Polynomials Should Not Be Used in Regression Discontinuity Designs. A Comment on Gelman and Imbens (Journal of Business & Economic
Statistics, 2019) by Melle R. Albada jcr-econ.org/why-high-ord...

The original authors have also provided a reply to this comment, which we publish alongside the article. jcr-econ.org/languages-an...

Reanalysing the data from Ayres et al. (2023), the author shows key results rely on biased controls; once fixed, effects are smaller and often insignificant. The Linguistic Savings Hypothesis survives—but more modestly.

Languages encode the future differently (strong vs. weak future time reference). Three recent works claimed this difference affects patience and firm behaviour.

New in JCRE: The Common Problem of Bad Controls in Tests of the Linguistic Savings Hypothesis. A Comment on Ayres et al. (PNAS, 2023) and related literature by Paul Clist @paulclist.bsky.social jcr-econ.org/the-common-p...

Don’t Panic: A Researcher’s Guide to Replication Packages Episode 1: A New README Who Needs a README? Imagine coming across a really cool paper in a top journal. The kind of paper you wish you wrote yourself; the…

🚨New blog post: Replicators, rejoice! Episode 1 of the new series is out: “A New README.” A practical guide to transforming messy project folders into clear, well-structured documentation that strengthens transparency and reproducibility.

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We’re very much looking forward to this talk on open science!

Replicating and extending Kilian (2009), the authors show again that “not all oil price shocks are alike”. Using new data, R-based tools and robust inference, they study how global oil supply vs demand shocks hit a local economy in the transition away from fossil fuels.

New in JCRE: Not All Oil Price Shocks Are Alike. A Replication Study of Kilian (American Economic Review, 2009)
by Rich Ryan and Nyakundi Michiek jcr-econ.org/not-all-oil-...

The original authors have also provided a reply to this comment, which we publish alongside the article.
jcr-econ.org/bitcoin-adop...

The comment shows that the empirical part of Balutel et al.’s (2022) article suffers from an internal
validity problem. Specifically, the network size variable is problematic. Hence, Balutel et al. fail to
provide reliable evidence that network effects impact Bitcoin adoption.

New in JCRE: Bitcoin Adoption and Beliefs in Canada: A Comment on Daniela Balutel, Christopher Henry, Jorge Vásquez, and Marcel Voia (Canadian Journal of Economics, 2022), by Leo Van Hove jcr-econ.org/bitcoin-adop...

Rogowski et al. (2022) show that historical postal networks boosted economic development across countries and within the US.
The replication study reproduced all results — the findings are broadly robust, though somewhat sensitive to spatial trends. #Replication #Economics #OpenScience

New in JCRE: “Public Infrastructure and Economic Development: Evidence from Postal Systems A Replication Study of Rogowski et al. (American Journal of Political Science, 2022) by @florianneubauer.bsky.social , Julian Rose and @jrgptrs.bsky.social "
www.jcr-econ.org/public-infra...

Congrats on the launch of Replication Research from JCRE! Great to see another venue promoting transparency, rigor, and replication in research.

How to decide what to replicate or reproduce? We recommend priotizing studies with "high value" or unclear results, considering practical limits, watching for bias, and always communicate choices openly.

Handbook chapter: forrt.org/replication_handbook/choosing_study.html

At @i4replication.bsky.social it is our ambition to foster a replication culture in the social sciences – and we hence welcome if our approaches are replicated as well: Replication Games on using LLM in experiments, in Valencia and Oxford. talkingtomachines.org/projects/ime...

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Promotional poster for the LMU Open Science Center Summer School 2025 Public Lecture. The poster features a photo of speaker Prof. Dr. Felix Schönbrodt. The text states the lecture focuses on the replicability crisis and open research initiatives, time and date of lecture being 9:45-10:45 CEST on September 15 2025, and instructions to register online. Logos of LMU Open Science Center, LMU, and Universitätsbibliothek München are displayed at the bottom.

🔍Find out about the replicability crisis across fields & open research initiatives you can implement in your own work!
Attend the “Replicability Crisis” lecture by Prof. Dr. Felix Schönbrodt (@nicebread.bsky.social) on Mon 15 Sept, 9:45-10:45.
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The results remain robust when (i) extending the
sample period from 1994-2014 to 1994-2019 and (ii) using metropolitan statistical area (MSA) level
unemployment variation instead of state-level variation.

The authors replicate Forsythe (2022), which examines how labor market transitions vary by experience over the business cycle. Using CPS data from IPUMS and new code, they confirm that hiring probability of youths is more sensitive to business-cycle conditions than for experienced individuals.

A new replication study published in JCRE. Why don’t Firms Hire Young Workers during Recessions? A Replication of Forsythe (The Economic Journal, 2022)
by Jonathan Créchet, Jing Cui, Barbara Sadaba and Antoine Sawyer, JCRE, Vol 4 (2025-4), www.jcr-econ.org/why-dont-fir...

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