Reproducibility and robustness of economics and political science research

A Brodeur; D Mikola; N Cook; L Fiala; T Brailey; R Briggs; A de Gendre; Y Dupraz; J Gabani; R Gauriot; J Haddad; G Lima; J Ankel-Peters; A Dreber; D Campbell; L Kattan; D Marino Fages; F Mierisch; P Sun; T Wright; M Connolly; F Hoces de la Guardia; M Johannesson; E Miguel; L Vilhuber; A Abarca; M Acharya; SS Adjisse; A Akhtar; EA Ramirez Lizardi; S Albrecht; SN Andersen; Z Andlib; F Arrora; T Ash; E Bacher; S Bachler; F Bacon; M Bagues; T Balogh; A Batmanov; M Barschkett; BK Basdil; J Baxa; SO Becker; M Beeder; LP Beland; AH Bello; DB Markovits; G Benjamin; T Bergeron; MP Blimpo; M Binetti; C Bonander; J Bonneau; E Borbáth; N Borgen; ST Borgen; J Borowsky; E Brini; M Brown; M Brun; S Bruns; N Buliskeria; A Calef; A Cameron; P Campa; S Campos-Rodríguez; GG Cantone; F Carpena; PJ Carter; PC Dower; O Castek; J Caviglia-Harris; GC Strand; S Chen; SI Chzhen; J Chung; J Collins; A Coppock; H Cordeau; B Couillard; J Crechet; L Crippa; J Cui; C Czymara; H Daarstad; DC Dao; D Dao; MD Schmandt; A de Linde; L De Melo; L Deer; M De Vera; V Dimitrova; JF Dollbaum; JM Dollbaum; M Donnelly; LDT Huynh; T Dumbalska

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Reproducibility and robustness of economics and political science research

A Brodeur, D Mikola, N Cook, L Fiala, T Brailey, R Briggs, A de Gendre, Y Dupraz, J Gabani, R Gauriot, J Haddad, G Lima, J Ankel-Peters, A Dreber, D Campbell, L Kattan, D Marino Fages, F Mierisch, P Sun, T Wright Show all

Nature | Nature Research | Published : 2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41586-026-10251-x

Abstract

Science aspires to be cumulative. Reproducibility efforts strengthen science by testing the reliability of published findings, promoting self-correction, and informing policy-making1. Computational reproductions, whereby independent researchers reproduce the results of published studies, are an essential diagnostic tool2-10. Such efforts should have greater visibility11-16. However, little social science reproduction and robustness has been conducted at scale10,13,17-23. Here we reproduced original analyses and conducted robustness checks of 110 articles that were published in leading economics and political science journals with mandatory data and code sharing policies17,18. We found that m..

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