Reporting guidelines for meta-analysis in economics
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Meta‐analysis has become the conventional approach to synthesizing the results of empirical economics research. To further improve the transparency and replicability of the reported results and to raise the quality of meta‐analyses, the Meta‐Analysis of Economics Research Network has updated the reporting guidelines that were published by this Journal in 2013. Future meta‐analyses in economics will be expected to follow these updated guidelines or give valid reasons why a meta‐analysis should deviate from them.
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The study paid special attention to the reporting guidelines for meta-analyses in economics of Havránek et al. (2020).
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- Authors
- Havránek, T., Stanley, T. D., Doucouliagos, H., Bom, P., Geyer‐Klingeberg, J., Iwasaki, I., Reed, W. R., Rost, K., & van Aert, R. C. M.
- Affiliations
- Charles University (CZ)
- Deakin University (AU)
- Universidad de Deusto (ES)
- University of Augsburg (DE)
- Hitotsubashi University (JP)
- University of Canterbury (NZ)
- University of Zurich (CH)
- School of Social and Behavioral Sciences Tilburg University
- Corresponding author
- Stanley, T. D.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Journal of Economic Surveys
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2020-03-09
- Volume
- 34
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 469-475
- ISSN
- 0950-0804 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-6419
- OpenAlex
- W3012139536
- Cited by
- 271
- References
- 5
- Citations by year
- 2026: 38 · 2025: 41 · 2024: 47 · 2023: 53 · 2022: 33 · 2021: 45 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 20.75
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Economic Surveys (publishedVersion)
- Research portal (Tilburg University) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (acceptedVersion)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Deakin Research Online (Deakin University) (submittedVersion)
- Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- OPUS (Augsburg University) (submittedVersion)
- Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (submittedVersion)
- Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)
- Funders
- Grantová Agentura České Republiky (19‐26812X, 18‐02513S)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › scientometrics and bibliometrics research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Psychology Research and Bibliometrics
- Keywords
- reporting guidelines, meta-analysis, economic research, transparency, replicability, research quality
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