Open access to data: An ideal professed but not practised |
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| Authors: | Patrick Andreoli-Versbach Frank Mueller-Langer |
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| Institution: | 1. Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition;2. University of Munich, Department of Economics;3. International Max Planck Research School for Competition and Innovation |
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| Abstract: | Data-sharing is an essential tool for replication, validation and extension of empirical results. Using a hand-collected data set describing the data-sharing behaviour of 488 randomly selected empirical researchers, we provide evidence that most researchers in economics and management do not share their data voluntarily. We derive testable hypotheses based on the theoretical literature on information-sharing and relate data-sharing to observable characteristics of researchers. We find empirical support for the hypotheses that voluntary data-sharing significantly increases with (a) academic tenure, (b) the quality of researchers, (c) the share of published articles subject to a mandatory data-disclosure policy of journals, and (d) personal attitudes towards “open science” principles. On the basis of our empirical evidence, we discuss a set of policy recommendations. |
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| Keywords: | B40 C80 L59 |
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