Brodeur, A., Cook, N. and Heyes, A. <br/><br/>
Methods matter: P-hacking and publication bias in causal analysis in economics 

 - The American Economic Review   
 - 110(11), Nov, 2020: p.3634-3660 
<br/><br/> The credibility revolution in economics has promoted causal identification using randomized control trials (RCT), difference-in-differences (DID), instrumental variables (IV) and regression discontinuity design (RDD). Applying multiple approaches to over 21,000 hypothesis tests published in 25 leading economics journals, we find that the extent of p-hacking and publication bias varies greatly by method. IV (and to a lesser extent DID) are particularly problematic. We find no evidence that (i) papers published in the Top 5 journals are different to others; (ii) the journal "revise and resubmit" process mitigates the problem; (iii) things are improving through time. Reproduced