Jörg Ankel-Peters
@jrgptrs.bsky.social
development & environmental economist. energy access, climate policy, replication & meta-science. RWI & I4R. #FirstGen bit.ly/40e2aQj
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Jörg Ankel-Peters
@jrgptrs.bsky.social
· Oct 11
Thought about scientific consensus recently? We have a new DP @i4replication.bsky.social that probes into the famous replication debate between Acemoglu, Johnson & Robinson (AJR) and Albouy - and how experts assess this debate. We find that they disagree. 1/8 www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10...
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Released 33 years ago
Rage Against the Machine: Killing In The Name
Live at Pinkpop 1993
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #RATM #crossover #history #punkrockhistory
Rage Against the Machine: Killing In The Name
Live at Pinkpop 1993
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #RATM #crossover #history #punkrockhistory
November 13, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Released 33 years ago
Rage Against the Machine: Killing In The Name
Live at Pinkpop 1993
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #RATM #crossover #history #punkrockhistory
Rage Against the Machine: Killing In The Name
Live at Pinkpop 1993
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #RATM #crossover #history #punkrockhistory
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www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb... Unser Fachbereich hat eine unbefristete Stelle E13 in der VWL-Lehre zu besetzen. Gerne retweeten und bis 30.11. bewerben.
Ausschreibung
www.uni-hamburg.de
November 21, 2025 at 9:53 AM
www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb... Unser Fachbereich hat eine unbefristete Stelle E13 in der VWL-Lehre zu besetzen. Gerne retweeten und bis 30.11. bewerben.
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36 years ago
No Control is the fourth album by American punk rock band Bad Religion, released November 1989 through Epitaph Records.
#punk #punks #punkrock #nocontrol #badrelegion #history #punkrockhistory
No Control is the fourth album by American punk rock band Bad Religion, released November 1989 through Epitaph Records.
#punk #punks #punkrock #nocontrol #badrelegion #history #punkrockhistory
November 8, 2025 at 4:05 AM
36 years ago
No Control is the fourth album by American punk rock band Bad Religion, released November 1989 through Epitaph Records.
#punk #punks #punkrock #nocontrol #badrelegion #history #punkrockhistory
No Control is the fourth album by American punk rock band Bad Religion, released November 1989 through Epitaph Records.
#punk #punks #punkrock #nocontrol #badrelegion #history #punkrockhistory
Economics.
🧵There's this phenomenon you sometimes see in certain corners of science where a small group of researchers all work on the same narrow topic and mostly just talk to each other. It becomes a really insular community: everyone cites everyone else, ... 1/5
November 6, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Economics.
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Here is a rock song "HC1 Heartbreak" (MP3 and Lyrics)
econ.mathematik.uni-ulm.de/aisongs/hc1_...
based on my research paper arxiv.org/abs/2411.14763 on robust standard errors and large scale methodological replications. Made with Suno and ChatGPT. AI amazes me again and again.
econ.mathematik.uni-ulm.de/aisongs/hc1_...
based on my research paper arxiv.org/abs/2411.14763 on robust standard errors and large scale methodological replications. Made with Suno and ChatGPT. AI amazes me again and again.
From Replications to Revelations: Heteroskedasticity-Robust Inference
Analysing the Stata regression commands from 4,420 reproduction packages of leading economic journals, we find that, among the 40,571 regressions specifying heteroskedasticity-robust standard errors, ...
arxiv.org
November 2, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Here is a rock song "HC1 Heartbreak" (MP3 and Lyrics)
econ.mathematik.uni-ulm.de/aisongs/hc1_...
based on my research paper arxiv.org/abs/2411.14763 on robust standard errors and large scale methodological replications. Made with Suno and ChatGPT. AI amazes me again and again.
econ.mathematik.uni-ulm.de/aisongs/hc1_...
based on my research paper arxiv.org/abs/2411.14763 on robust standard errors and large scale methodological replications. Made with Suno and ChatGPT. AI amazes me again and again.
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“Replication is an ethnography of science, a reflection by the scientists themselves on the scientific process and the challenges of producing results, while being engaged in that very process.”
New ethnographic work by Brenninkmeijer et al.
Open Access: doi.org/10.1177/0306...
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New ethnographic work by Brenninkmeijer et al.
Open Access: doi.org/10.1177/0306...
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November 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
“Replication is an ethnography of science, a reflection by the scientists themselves on the scientific process and the challenges of producing results, while being engaged in that very process.”
New ethnographic work by Brenninkmeijer et al.
Open Access: doi.org/10.1177/0306...
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New ethnographic work by Brenninkmeijer et al.
Open Access: doi.org/10.1177/0306...
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Our Leibniz Open Science Day, 'Better Science for Better Policies', is taking place tomorrow in Berlin, with an exciting programme of interesting papers - check them out. The meta-scientific community is really taking off! www.zbw.eu/de/ueber-uns...
October 26, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Our Leibniz Open Science Day, 'Better Science for Better Policies', is taking place tomorrow in Berlin, with an exciting programme of interesting papers - check them out. The meta-scientific community is really taking off! www.zbw.eu/de/ueber-uns...
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Apparently some folks are playing real dumb about skull symbols so let’s play a little game I like to call “Nazi skull or not a Nazi skull”
First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.
With me so far? 1/x
First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.
With me so far? 1/x
October 22, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Apparently some folks are playing real dumb about skull symbols so let’s play a little game I like to call “Nazi skull or not a Nazi skull”
First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.
With me so far? 1/x
First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.
With me so far? 1/x
On data quality in surveys run by Prolific, M-Turk etc.
Quite a lot of such research exists; just some examples:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
I'd expect quite a lot of screening of participants [I think anyone using these sort of platforms understands the necessity of doing so]. Maybe not clearly reported?
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
I'd expect quite a lot of screening of participants [I think anyone using these sort of platforms understands the necessity of doing so]. Maybe not clearly reported?
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October 25, 2025 at 11:37 AM
On data quality in surveys run by Prolific, M-Turk etc.
Is there actually any research on the quality of papers based on Prolific, as there was for M-Turk?
Crazy.
Plus I would so much tend to distrust anything coming from a platform selling the "data you need in less than 2 hours". Without any info about the actual "people" producingthe data.
How is this even accepted?
Plus I would so much tend to distrust anything coming from a platform selling the "data you need in less than 2 hours". Without any info about the actual "people" producingthe data.
How is this even accepted?
October 24, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Is there actually any research on the quality of papers based on Prolific, as there was for M-Turk?
No, the "experimental evidence" fallacy. This paper is based on a prolific.com experiment, complemented by some MBA students. Participants were asked to *imagine* (!!) they were certain decision makers. Nothing against this empirical attempt – but calm down and perhaps tone down the paper. 1/3
October 24, 2025 at 9:47 AM
No, the "experimental evidence" fallacy. This paper is based on a prolific.com experiment, complemented by some MBA students. Participants were asked to *imagine* (!!) they were certain decision makers. Nothing against this empirical attempt – but calm down and perhaps tone down the paper. 1/3
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New in JCRE: “Public Infrastructure and Economic Development: Evidence from Postal Systems A Replication Study of Rogowski et al. (American Journal of Political Science, 2022) by @florianneubauer.bsky.social , Julian Rose and @jrgptrs.bsky.social "
www.jcr-econ.org/public-infra...
www.jcr-econ.org/public-infra...
Public Infrastructure and Economic Development: Evidence from Postal Systems A Replication Study of Rogowski et al. (American Journal of Political Science, 2022) – Journal of Comments and Replications in Economics
Peer-Reviewed. Open Access. No Author Fees.
www.jcr-econ.org
October 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
New in JCRE: “Public Infrastructure and Economic Development: Evidence from Postal Systems A Replication Study of Rogowski et al. (American Journal of Political Science, 2022) by @florianneubauer.bsky.social , Julian Rose and @jrgptrs.bsky.social "
www.jcr-econ.org/public-infra...
www.jcr-econ.org/public-infra...
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I thought this was quite a nice (and appropriately pessimistic) discussion of our paper on power in political science. All that I would add is that we found a small minority of research topics with high power! podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/i...
October 17, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I thought this was quite a nice (and appropriately pessimistic) discussion of our paper on power in political science. All that I would add is that we found a small minority of research topics with high power! podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/i...
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We are hosting this year's MAER-Net Colloquium on Friday and Saturday. The program and more information are available here: www.maer-net.org/2025-ottawa
Plenary sessions (with Andrew Gelman, Shinichi Nakagawa and others) and some parallel sessions will be live-streamed for free
Plenary sessions (with Andrew Gelman, Shinichi Nakagawa and others) and some parallel sessions will be live-streamed for free
October 15, 2025 at 12:45 PM
We are hosting this year's MAER-Net Colloquium on Friday and Saturday. The program and more information are available here: www.maer-net.org/2025-ottawa
Plenary sessions (with Andrew Gelman, Shinichi Nakagawa and others) and some parallel sessions will be live-streamed for free
Plenary sessions (with Andrew Gelman, Shinichi Nakagawa and others) and some parallel sessions will be live-streamed for free
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In fact, the conclusion is clearer than the rather conservative title suggests. "No evidence" is what you say when your null effect is inconclusive. A Bayes Factor of 66 for the null would seem to constitute "Positive evidence for ineffectiveness...". Time to give up and try something stronger!
New DP @i4replication.bsky.social: Meta-analysis on green nudges correcting for publication bias. "Behavioral interventions on households and individuals are unlikely to deliver material climate benefits." www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10...
October 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
In fact, the conclusion is clearer than the rather conservative title suggests. "No evidence" is what you say when your null effect is inconclusive. A Bayes Factor of 66 for the null would seem to constitute "Positive evidence for ineffectiveness...". Time to give up and try something stronger!
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What do experts think about the famous Acemoglu et al. (2001) – Albouy replication debate? In our new discussion paper, we show that there’s no consensus among them. @jrgptrs.bsky.social ’s thread tells the story: bsky.app/profile/jrgp...
Thought about scientific consensus recently? We have a new DP @i4replication.bsky.social that probes into the famous replication debate between Acemoglu, Johnson & Robinson (AJR) and Albouy - and how experts assess this debate. We find that they disagree. 1/8 www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10...
October 12, 2025 at 10:42 AM
What do experts think about the famous Acemoglu et al. (2001) – Albouy replication debate? In our new discussion paper, we show that there’s no consensus among them. @jrgptrs.bsky.social ’s thread tells the story: bsky.app/profile/jrgp...
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There are 2️⃣ ways to make it in economics.
1️⃣ AJR's way : take a consensual general claim and "prove" it with a dubious instrument.
2️⃣ The other way : take a contrarian general claim and "prove" it with a dubious instrument.
1️⃣ AJR's way : take a consensual general claim and "prove" it with a dubious instrument.
2️⃣ The other way : take a contrarian general claim and "prove" it with a dubious instrument.
A specific gem for AJR aficionados, if you ask me, is the huge difference in how experts judge AJR's *general* theoretical claim (institutions matter for growth) vs their *specific* theoretical claim (settler mortality matters for institutions, which matter for growth). 5/8
October 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
There are 2️⃣ ways to make it in economics.
1️⃣ AJR's way : take a consensual general claim and "prove" it with a dubious instrument.
2️⃣ The other way : take a contrarian general claim and "prove" it with a dubious instrument.
1️⃣ AJR's way : take a consensual general claim and "prove" it with a dubious instrument.
2️⃣ The other way : take a contrarian general claim and "prove" it with a dubious instrument.
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Further robust evidence suggesting green nudges at the individual level are unlikely to make a difference. As we recently suggested, it is time to abandon the prevailing success focus and rather think of this body of evidence as pointing to the many structural constraints people are facing, and
New DP @i4replication.bsky.social: Meta-analysis on green nudges correcting for publication bias. "Behavioral interventions on households and individuals are unlikely to deliver material climate benefits." www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10...
October 11, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Further robust evidence suggesting green nudges at the individual level are unlikely to make a difference. As we recently suggested, it is time to abandon the prevailing success focus and rather think of this body of evidence as pointing to the many structural constraints people are facing, and
Thought about scientific consensus recently? We have a new DP @i4replication.bsky.social that probes into the famous replication debate between Acemoglu, Johnson & Robinson (AJR) and Albouy - and how experts assess this debate. We find that they disagree. 1/8 www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10...
October 11, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Thought about scientific consensus recently? We have a new DP @i4replication.bsky.social that probes into the famous replication debate between Acemoglu, Johnson & Robinson (AJR) and Albouy - and how experts assess this debate. We find that they disagree. 1/8 www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10...
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I'd lie if I said I am surprised.
New DP @i4replication.bsky.social: Meta-analysis on green nudges correcting for publication bias. "Behavioral interventions on households and individuals are unlikely to deliver material climate benefits." www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10...
October 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I'd lie if I said I am surprised.
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New piece on growth dependence out in Futures.
To account for the possibility that environmental sustainability can only be achieved with lower economic output, this study carries out a thought experiment in which ambitious environmental policies result in economic contraction.
To account for the possibility that environmental sustainability can only be achieved with lower economic output, this study carries out a thought experiment in which ambitious environmental policies result in economic contraction.
October 11, 2025 at 8:04 AM
New piece on growth dependence out in Futures.
To account for the possibility that environmental sustainability can only be achieved with lower economic output, this study carries out a thought experiment in which ambitious environmental policies result in economic contraction.
To account for the possibility that environmental sustainability can only be achieved with lower economic output, this study carries out a thought experiment in which ambitious environmental policies result in economic contraction.
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Deeply honoured to receive this award from the Academy of Sociology with my co-authors! I hope we’ll see many more replications in Sociology in the years ahead, along with preregistrations and registered reports as leading journals make more space for them.
#AkadSoz25 #sociology
#AkadSoz25 #sociology
And the 1st Replication Award of the Academy of Sociology goes to..
Sergio Lo Iacono, Wojtek Przepiorka, Vincent Buskens, Rense Corten, Marcel van Assen, and Arnout van de Rijt
for "The competitive advantage of sanctioning institutions revisited: A multilab replication"
#AkadSoz25 #sociology
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Sergio Lo Iacono, Wojtek Przepiorka, Vincent Buskens, Rense Corten, Marcel van Assen, and Arnout van de Rijt
for "The competitive advantage of sanctioning institutions revisited: A multilab replication"
#AkadSoz25 #sociology
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October 9, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Deeply honoured to receive this award from the Academy of Sociology with my co-authors! I hope we’ll see many more replications in Sociology in the years ahead, along with preregistrations and registered reports as leading journals make more space for them.
#AkadSoz25 #sociology
#AkadSoz25 #sociology
New DP @i4replication.bsky.social: Meta-analysis on green nudges correcting for publication bias. "Behavioral interventions on households and individuals are unlikely to deliver material climate benefits." www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10...
October 9, 2025 at 9:36 AM
New DP @i4replication.bsky.social: Meta-analysis on green nudges correcting for publication bias. "Behavioral interventions on households and individuals are unlikely to deliver material climate benefits." www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10...
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Today is the day!!! Existential Politics is out in the world!
Read about why we’re doing climate policy wrong (too focused on measuring emissions) & what we should do instead (focus on $$ to constrain fossil asset owners & expand green asset owners). Just in time for #COP30.
Read about why we’re doing climate policy wrong (too focused on measuring emissions) & what we should do instead (focus on $$ to constrain fossil asset owners & expand green asset owners). Just in time for #COP30.
Existential Politics
A new way to tackle the real politics of climate change through asset revaluation
press.princeton.edu
October 7, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Today is the day!!! Existential Politics is out in the world!
Read about why we’re doing climate policy wrong (too focused on measuring emissions) & what we should do instead (focus on $$ to constrain fossil asset owners & expand green asset owners). Just in time for #COP30.
Read about why we’re doing climate policy wrong (too focused on measuring emissions) & what we should do instead (focus on $$ to constrain fossil asset owners & expand green asset owners). Just in time for #COP30.