development & environmental economist. energy access, climate policy, research transparency, replication & meta-science. #FirstGen (@jrgptrs.bsky.social)
Oct 11, 2025 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
Thought about scientific consensus recently? We have a new DP @I4Replication that probes into the famous replication debate between Acemoglu, Johnson & Robinson (AJR) and Albouy - and how experts assess this debate. We find that they disagree. 1/8 econstor.eu/bitstream/1041…
We did a survey among experts. How do we define "expert"? We did not mass-email or post the survey on social media. Instead, we emailed it exclusively to people who cite one of the debate papers or methodologically similar papers. It seems we successfully recruited experts: 2/8
Mar 4, 2023 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
Is Economics self-correcting? We have a new discussion paper, joint with N Fiala & @flneubauer. Quick answer is: No, rather not. We reviewed all replications published as comments in the AER. Plus, we surveyed the authors. A short thread 1/. bit.ly/3y0wMYp#EconTwitter
The AER is one of the few top econ journals that publishes comments on a regular basis. But it’s on the decline. We asked all AER-editors since 1985 what might be the reason – interesting responses, yet no explicit change in policy. 2/.