Felix Chopra

@felixchopra.bsky.social

Behavioral Economist. Assistant Professor at Frankfurt School of Finance & Management. www.felixchopra.com

The Null Result Penalty: “Studies with null results are perceived to be less publishable, lower quality, less important & less precisely estimated than studies with large & statistically significant results, even holding constant all other study features”

The Null Result Penalty

Abstract. We examine how the evaluation of research studies in economics depends on whether a study yielded a null result. Studies with null results are perceiv

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