A proposal to organize and promote replications

American Economic Review

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 41-45

  Coffman, Lucas C ^a   Niederle, Muriel ^b,d   Wilson, Alistair J ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 85019545524     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.p20171122     Document Type: Conference Paper

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