False Feedback in Economics: The Case for Replication - Paperback

by Andrin Spescha (Author)

The author asserts that the main impediment to progress in economics is "false feedback", which is defined as a false result in an empirical study, such as empirical evidence produced by a statistical model that violates some of its assumptions.

Author Biography

Andrin Spescha is a postdoctoral researcher at ETH Zurich, KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Zurich, Switzerland. He received his PhD from ETH Zurich (Dr. sc. ETH) in 2018. Prior to this, he completed a Bachelor of Arts in Political Sciences and Economics and a Master of Arts in Economics at the University of Zurich, Switzerland.