Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover
Half Title
Endorsements
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Perspectives
Contributors
I Introduction
1 Research Ethics for the Applied Economist
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Motivation
1.3 What Is Ethics?
1.3.1 Outcome-Based Ethics
1.3.2 Duty- and Rule-Based Ethics
1.3.3 Virtue- or Character-Based Ethics
1.3.4 Ethical Pluralism
1.4 What is Ethical Research?
1.4.1 Universalism
1.4.2 Communality
1.4.3 Disinterestedness
1.4.4 Organized Skepticism
1.5 The Role of Ethics in Economics
1.6 Guide to This Book: The Research Life Cycle
1.7 Conclusion
II Developing Research
2 Idea Development
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Responsibility of the Researcher to the Community
2.3 Asking Ethical Research Questions
2.3.1 Context Considerations
2.3.2 Intellectual Property
2.4 Designing Ethical Research
2.4.1 Induced Innovation; or, Be Careful Where You Look
2.4.2 Hunting Causes; or, a Drunkard’s Search
2.5 Ethically Funding Research
2.5.1 Financial COIs
2.5.2 Economist Capture
2.6 Conclusion
3 Project Development
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The Rise of Team Research in Economics
3.3 Building a Research Team
3.3.1 Selecting Peer Collaborators
3.3.2 The Role of Graduate Students
3.3.3 Working with Nonacademic Collaborators
3.3.4 Working WITH Local Partners
3.4 Developing a Pre-Analysis Plan (PAP)
3.4.1 A Brief History of PAPs and Registries
3.4.2 Contents of PAPs
3.4.3 Using PAPs
3.5 Conclusion
III Doing Research
4 Data Collection
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Types of Data
4.2.1 Experimental Data
4.2.2 Nonexperimental Data
4.2.3 Other Data
4.2.4 Fabrication or Falsification of Data
4.3 Codes and Principles
4.3.1 Nuremberg Codes
4.3.2 Declaration of Helsinki
4.3.3 Belmont Report
4.4 Regulating Ethics
4.4.1 IRBs in the U.S.
4.4.2 IRBs Around the World
4.5 Principles and Requirements
4.5.1 Respect for Persons: Informed Consent
4.5.2 Respect for Persons: Privacy & Confidentiality
4.5.3 Beneficence: Risk–Benefit Assessment
4.5.4 Justice: Recruitment and Selection
4.6 Conclusion
5 Data Management
5.1 Introduction
5.2 The Need for Data Sharing
5.2.1 Current Practices are Insufficient
5.2.2 Why Researchers Do Not Share Data
5.2.3 Ways to Encourage Data Sharing
5.3 Data Storage and Management
5.3.1 Individual, Personal, or Firm Data
5.3.2 GPS and Remote-Sensing Data
5.3.3 Aggregate Data
5.4 Privacy Protection
5.4.1 Statistical Disclosure Limitation
5.4.2 Differential Privacy
5.4.3 Implications for Data Sharing
5.5 How to Share Data
5.5.1 Replication Packages
5.5.2 Rapidity of Change
5.6 Conclusion
6 Data Analysis
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Workflow
6.3 Specification Search
6.3.1 Falsification
6.3.2 HARKing
6.3.3 p-hacking
6.4 Robustness Checks
6.4.1 Multianalysis Approach
6.4.2 Multiverse Approach
6.5 Reporting Standards
6.5.1 Conducting Statistical Inference
6.5.2 Cult of Statistical Significance
6.5.3 Null Results
6.6 Replicable and Reproducible Research
6.7 Conclusion
IV Sharing Research
7 Academic Research Dissemination
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Plagiarism
7.2.1 Self-Plagiarism
7.3 The Process of Publishing
7.3.1 Publishing as an Author
7.3.2 Publishing as a Reviewer
7.3.3 Predatory Journals and Conferences
7.3.4 Publishing Trends
7.4 Publishing in Economics
7.4.1 Tyranny of the Top Five
7.5 Publication Bias
7.6 Revisiting Authorship
7.7 Conclusion
8 Dissemination Beyond the Academy
8.1 Introduction
8.2 The Art of Communication
8.2.1 Identifying an Audience
8.2.2 Selecting a Genre
8.2.3 Defining the Composition
8.3 Working with the Media
8.4 The Research and Policy Relationship
8.4.1 Research → Policy: The Academic Economist
8.4.2 Research ← Policy: The Government Economist
8.4.3 Research ↔ Policy: The Extension Economist
8.4.4 Research → | ← Policy
8.5 Changing and Dynamic Communications
8.5.1 Academic Social Media
8.6 Conclusion
V Conclusion
9 On Being an Ethical Applied Economist
9.1 Introduction
9.2 The Ethical Applied Economist
9.2.1 Fairness
9.2.2 Respect
9.2.3 Care
9.2.4 Honesty
9.3 Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Glossary
Bibliography
Author Index
Subject Index

"Research Ethics in Applied Economics Emphasizing the new challenges posed by the data science revolution, digital media, and changing standards, Research Ethics in Applied Economics examines the ethical issues faced by the applied economics researcher at each stage of the research process. The first section of the book considers project development, including issues of project management, selection bias in asking research questions, and political incentives in the development and funding of research ideas. The second section addresses data collection and analysis, discussing concerns about participant rights, data falsification, data management, specification search, p-hacking, and replicability. The final section focuses on sharing results with academic audiences and beyond, with an emphasis on self-plagiarism, self-promotion, and the importance of achieving policy impact. The discussion and related recommendations highlight emergent issues in research ethics. Featuring case studies from experienced researchers on how they address ethical issues, this book provides practical guidance to both students and experienced practitioners seeking to navigate ethical issues in their applied economics research"--