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How to make a pie? Reproducible Research for Empirical Economics & Econometrics

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  • Valérie Orozco

    (TSE-R - Toulouse School of Economics - UT Capitole - Université Toulouse Capitole - UT - Université de Toulouse - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Christophe Bontemps

    (TSE-R - Toulouse School of Economics - UT Capitole - Université Toulouse Capitole - UT - Université de Toulouse - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Élise Maigné

    (US ODR - Observatoire des Programmes Communautaires de Développement Rural - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique)

  • Virginie Piguet

    (CESAER - Centre d'Economie et de Sociologie Rurales Appliquées à l'Agriculture et aux Espaces Ruraux - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement)

  • Annie Hofstetter

    (LAMETA - Laboratoire Montpelliérain d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée - UM1 - Université Montpellier 1 - UPVM - Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - Montpellier SupAgro - Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques - UM - Université de Montpellier - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Montpellier SupAgro - Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier)

  • Anne Marie Lacroix

    (GAEL - Laboratoire d'Economie Appliquée de Grenoble - Grenoble INP - Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UGA [2016-2019] - Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019])

  • Fabrice Levert

    (SMART-LERECO - Structures et Marché Agricoles, Ressources et Territoires - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - AGROCAMPUS OUEST)

  • Jean-Marc Rousselle

    (LAMETA - Laboratoire Montpelliérain d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée - UM1 - Université Montpellier 1 - UPVM - Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - Montpellier SupAgro - Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques - UM - Université de Montpellier - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Montpellier SupAgro - Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier)

Abstract

Les recherches empiriques en sciences humaines et sociales nécessitent la manipulation de nombreux fichiers : différents jeux de données, de multiples programmes, qu'ils soient destinés à la manipulation de données, aux traitements statistiques, aux estimations économétriques ou à des simulations, et de nombreux fichiers successifs de résultats. Maitriser l'ensemble des étapes du projet de recherche est indispensable si l'on souhaite pouvoir reproduire ou répliquer les résultats à long terme. Cette rigueur (fiabilité, traçabilité, reproductibilité), est désormais de plus en plus exigée par notre profession ainsi que par les éditeurs de revues scientifiques. Après avoir mis en évidence les enjeux de cette « recherche reproductible » (Claerbout, 1990) pour les économistes, nous en déclinons les principes autour de trois axes simples : organiser les étapes du projet et les fichiers, écrire des programmes clairs et documentés, et automatiser le plus possible les opérations jusqu'au document présentant les résultats. Ces principes sont alors illustrés par différentes bonnes pratiques, en allant des plus simples au plus sophistiquées, avec un focus particulier sur les fonctionnalités des logiciels les plus courants en économie (Stata, R, SAS, Matlab, Mathematica, Gams).

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  • Valérie Orozco & Christophe Bontemps & Élise Maigné & Virginie Piguet & Annie Hofstetter & Anne Marie Lacroix & Fabrice Levert & Jean-Marc Rousselle, 2017. "How to make a pie? Reproducible Research for Empirical Economics & Econometrics," Post-Print hal-01939942, HAL.
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