W Robert Reed
Biographic Data
| ID | 1904444 |
|---|---|
| NAME | W Robert Reed |
| GIVEN NAMES | W Robert |
| FAMILY NAME | Reed |
| SIGNATURE | REED W R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Canterbury |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6459-8174 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 112 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Do replications receive fewer citations? A counterfactual approach
There is a widespread belief that replication studies are less cited than original research. This study introduces three counterfactual approaches for measuring the citations that an author or a journal would have received had they produced a non-replication study. Two of the measures are designed to measure citation incentives from the perspective of authors. One measure focuses on the perspective of journals. We collect data on 428 replications…
Predicting the replicability of social and behavioural science claims in Covid-19 preprints
Replications are important for assessing the reliability of published findings. However, they are costly, and it is infeasible to replicate everything. Accurate, fast, lower-cost alternatives such as eliciting predictions could accelerate assessment for rapid policy implementation in a crisis and help guide a more efficient allocation of scarce replication resources. We elicited judgements from participants on 100 claims from preprints about an e…
Yield effects of agricultural cooperative membership in developing countries
This study uses a meta‐analysis to synthesize the effects of agricultural cooperative membership on the yield of crops and livestock. It collects 158 estimated yield effects from 42 studies, covering 19 developing countries. Our analysis finds evidence that there exists positive publication bias in the empirical literature, confirming that researchers and journals have a preference to publish articles that report positive and significant results.…
Does FDI promote entrepreneurial activities? A meta-analysis
Did FDI Really Cause Chinese Economic Growth? A Meta-Analysis
On the Practice of Lagging Variables to Avoid Simultaneity
A common practice in applied economics research consists of replacing a suspected simultaneously determined explanatory variable with its lagged value. This note demonstrates that this practice does not enable one to avoid simultaneity bias. The associated estimates are still inconsistent, and hypothesis testing is invalid. An alternative is to use lagged values of the endogenous variable in instrumental variable estimation. However, this is only…
Which panel data estimator should I use?
This study employs Monte Carlo experiments to evaluate the performances of a number of common panel data estimators when serial correlation and cross-sectional dependence are both present. It focuses on fixed effects models with less than 100 cross-sectional units and between 10 and 25 time periods (such as are commonly employed in empirical growth studies). Estimator performance is compared on two dimensions: (i) root mean square error and (ii) …
A comparison of prospective and retrospective voting with heterogeneous politicians
The relationship between congressional spending and tenure with an application to term limits
Endogenizing the median voter
Temptation, Willpower, and the Problem of Rational Self-Control
This article develops a model of consumption when individuals maximize utility knowing that they will experience varying levels of temptation and willpower over time. Examination of the optimal consumption path reveals that consumers may resist temptation by altering their consumption path. This can generate consumption patterns that mimic time preference even when no underlying time preferences exist. Self-control strategies to increase consumer…
Estimation of duration models using the Annual Housing Survey
The behavior of congressional tenure over time
Compensating Wage Differentials and Unobserved Productivity
It is well known that the inability to observe workers' full labor market productivity can bias estimates of compensating wage differentials. This paper attempts to determine how serious this bias is likely to be. It adopts a stochastic framework or workers' tastes over job attributes and models their equilibrium wage-job attribute choices. Workers' productivity is assumed to consist of observed and unobserved components. Applying the standard es…
The marriage premium and compensating wage differentials
Shirking and sorting in a political market with finite-lived politicians
Shirking and sorting in a political market with finite-lived politicians
Compensating Wage Differentials and Unobserved Productivity
It is well known that the inability to observe workers' full labor market productivity can bias estimates of compensating wage differentials. This paper attempts to determine how serious this bias is likely to be. It adopts a stochastic framework or workers' tastes over job attributes and models their equilibrium wage-job attribute choices. Workers' productivity is assumed to consist of observed and unobserved components. Applying the standard es…
Endogenizing the median voter
The relationship between congressional spending and tenure with an application to term limits
Did FDI Really Cause Chinese Economic Growth? A Meta-Analysis
Yield effects of agricultural cooperative membership in developing countries
This study uses a meta‐analysis to synthesize the effects of agricultural cooperative membership on the yield of crops and livestock. It collects 158 estimated yield effects from 42 studies, covering 19 developing countries. Our analysis finds evidence that there exists positive publication bias in the empirical literature, confirming that researchers and journals have a preference to publish articles that report positive and significant results.…
The behavior of congressional tenure over time
The marriage premium and compensating wage differentials
Does FDI promote entrepreneurial activities? A meta-analysis
A comparison of prospective and retrospective voting with heterogeneous politicians
Temptation, Willpower, and the Problem of Rational Self-Control
This article develops a model of consumption when individuals maximize utility knowing that they will experience varying levels of temptation and willpower over time. Examination of the optimal consumption path reveals that consumers may resist temptation by altering their consumption path. This can generate consumption patterns that mimic time preference even when no underlying time preferences exist. Self-control strategies to increase consumer…
Estimation of duration models using the Annual Housing Survey
The marriage premium and compensating wage differentials
Shirking and sorting in a political market with finite-lived politicians
Estimation of duration models using the Annual Housing Survey
The behavior of congressional tenure over time
Compensating Wage Differentials and Unobserved Productivity
It is well known that the inability to observe workers' full labor market productivity can bias estimates of compensating wage differentials. This paper attempts to determine how serious this bias is likely to be. It adopts a stochastic framework or workers' tastes over job attributes and models their equilibrium wage-job attribute choices. Workers' productivity is assumed to consist of observed and unobserved components. Applying the standard es…
Temptation, Willpower, and the Problem of Rational Self-Control
This article develops a model of consumption when individuals maximize utility knowing that they will experience varying levels of temptation and willpower over time. Examination of the optimal consumption path reveals that consumers may resist temptation by altering their consumption path. This can generate consumption patterns that mimic time preference even when no underlying time preferences exist. Self-control strategies to increase consumer…
Endogenizing the median voter
A comparison of prospective and retrospective voting with heterogeneous politicians
The relationship between congressional spending and tenure with an application to term limits
Which panel data estimator should I use?
This study employs Monte Carlo experiments to evaluate the performances of a number of common panel data estimators when serial correlation and cross-sectional dependence are both present. It focuses on fixed effects models with less than 100 cross-sectional units and between 10 and 25 time periods (such as are commonly employed in empirical growth studies). Estimator performance is compared on two dimensions: (i) root mean square error and (ii) …
On the Practice of Lagging Variables to Avoid Simultaneity
A common practice in applied economics research consists of replacing a suspected simultaneously determined explanatory variable with its lagged value. This note demonstrates that this practice does not enable one to avoid simultaneity bias. The associated estimates are still inconsistent, and hypothesis testing is invalid. An alternative is to use lagged values of the endogenous variable in instrumental variable estimation. However, this is only…
Did FDI Really Cause Chinese Economic Growth? A Meta-Analysis
Does FDI promote entrepreneurial activities? A meta-analysis
Yield effects of agricultural cooperative membership in developing countries
This study uses a meta‐analysis to synthesize the effects of agricultural cooperative membership on the yield of crops and livestock. It collects 158 estimated yield effects from 42 studies, covering 19 developing countries. Our analysis finds evidence that there exists positive publication bias in the empirical literature, confirming that researchers and journals have a preference to publish articles that report positive and significant results.…
Predicting the replicability of social and behavioural science claims in Covid-19 preprints
Replications are important for assessing the reliability of published findings. However, they are costly, and it is infeasible to replicate everything. Accurate, fast, lower-cost alternatives such as eliciting predictions could accelerate assessment for rapid policy implementation in a crisis and help guide a more efficient allocation of scarce replication resources. We elicited judgements from participants on 100 claims from preprints about an e…
Do replications receive fewer citations? A counterfactual approach
There is a widespread belief that replication studies are less cited than original research. This study introduces three counterfactual approaches for measuring the citations that an author or a journal would have received had they produced a non-replication study. Two of the measures are designed to measure citation incentives from the perspective of authors. One measure focuses on the perspective of journals. We collect data on 428 replications…
Economics (14 works) · Statistics (9 works) · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (8 works) · Mathematics (8 works) · Econometrics (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Macroeconomics (6 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Public finance (5 works)