Registration does not begin until 02.10.2026 at 08:00. It ends on 12.10.2026 at 23:59.

Good empirical research in science, including Economics and other social sciences, should be replicable. Replication studies usually focus on the robustness of empirical findings. They should not be too narrow and rather scientific than pure replications, i.e., they can use (a) different methods and same data or (b) same methods and different data (different time or different population); but no pure reproductions (same method and same data). Typically, such replications can be research notes. The authors usually start by briefly stating literature, theory, methods, data, and findings of the replicated paper, before starting the own replication, and finishing with a comparison of the results as well as a short discussion. Students select a replicable journal paper and conduct an own replication study.

After the first meetings, in which students are introduced to replications (focus on economics) and the organization of the course, students have to search for an empirical journal paper (ranked in Scopus or SSCI), which can be replicated. To be replicable, a selected paper should ideally have stored the statistical files (and sometimes even the data) on the journal homepage (or related repositories). These papers are shortly verbally discussed in the class to check their fit for a replication. Then students conduct their own empirical replication study for their selected journal paper, which will be presented in class.

Students will get a deeper understanding of econometric methods, interpretation of empirical findings, critical evaluation, and conducting own empirical analysis. Students will learn how to read journal papers and how to present empirical research in oral communication as well as in visual and written presentation.

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