Pre-registration, Reporting Guidelines and Publication Patterns in Economics

Last registered on February 04, 2025

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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title

Pre-registration, Reporting Guidelines and Publication Patterns in Economics

RCT ID

AEARCTR-0013755

Initial registration date

June 21, 2024

Initial registration date is when the trial was registered.

It corresponds to when the registration was submitted to the Registry to be reviewed for publication.

First published

June 25, 2024, 10:50 AM EDT

First published corresponds to when the trial was first made public on the Registry after being reviewed.

Last updated

February 04, 2025, 4:59 PM EST

Last updated is the most recent time when changes to the trial's registration were published.

Locations

Country

United States of America

Region

World

Primary Investigator

Name

Fernando Hoces de la Guardia

Affiliation

UC Berkeley

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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name

Edward Miguel

PI Affiliation

UC Berkeley

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PI Name

Erik Sørensen

PI Affiliation

NHH Norwegian School of Economics

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PI Name

Bertil Tungodden

PI Affiliation

NHH Norwegian School of Economics

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Additional Trial Information

Status

In development

Start date

2023-09-01

End date

2025-09-30

Keywords

Other

Additional Keywords

Research Transparency, Publication Bias, Reporting Guidelines, Open Science

JEL code(s)

C18, C81, C90

Secondary IDs

Prior work

This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.

Abstract

This project investigates reporting patterns among pre-registered studies in economics. We have developed a minimal set of reporting standards and will apply them to a sample of approximately 400 studies registered in the American Economic Association (AEA) Registry. To better understand authors' reporting behavior, we will conduct a randomized control trial (RCT) aimed at increasing the reporting of results from pre-specified analyses. (Note: given that participants in our sample can potentially access this registration on the AEA RCT registry, we have recorded all the answers to the required registry fields in the time-stamped pre-analysis plan (PAP), which will remain embargoed until the end of our intervention.)

External Link(s)

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Registration Citation

Citation

Hoces de la Guardia, Fernando et al. 2025. "Pre-registration, Reporting Guidelines and Publication Patterns in Economics." AEA RCT Registry. February 04. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.13755-2.0

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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)

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Intervention (Hidden)

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Intervention Start Date

2024-06-24

Intervention End Date

2025-02-15

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)

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Secondary Outcomes

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Experimental Design

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Randomization Method

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Randomization Unit

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Experiment Characteristics

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