NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Publication Date
In 20250
Since 20240
Since 2021 (last 5 years)0
Since 2016 (last 10 years)0
Since 2006 (last 20 years)1
Descriptor
Credibility1
Essays1
Evaluation1
Experiments1
Influences1
Macroeconomics1
Microeconomics1
Research Design1
Researchers1
Source
National Bureau of Economic…1
Author
Angrist, Joshua1
Pischke, Jorn-Steffen1
Publication Type
Information Analyses1
Opinion Papers1
Education Level
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing one result Save | Export
The Credibility Revolution in Empirical Economics: How Better Research Design is Taking the Con out of Econometrics. NBER Working Paper No. 15794
Direct linkDirect link
Angrist, Joshua; Pischke, Jorn-Steffen – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2010
This essay reviews progress in empirical economics since Leamer'rs (1983) critique. Leamer highlighted the benefits of sensitivity analysis, a procedure in which researchers show how their results change with changes in specification or functional form. Sensitivity analysis has had a salutary but not a revolutionary effect on econometric practice.…
Descriptors: Research Design, Macroeconomics, Credibility, Essays