AEJ Best Papers 2024 and replication packages

The annual American Economic Journal (AEJ) Best Paper Awards highlight the best paper published in each of the American Economic Journals: Applied Economics, Economic Policy, Macroeconomics, and Microeconomics over the last three years. Nominations are provided by AEA members, and winners are selected by the journals’ Boards of Editors. More information, including links to the papers, at https://www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/honors-awards/aej-best-papers.

The decision process is on the overall scientific merit. On this page, I list the replication packages for each of these.

AEJ Applied Economics

Manasi Deshpande, Tal Gross, and Yalun Su. “Disability and Distress: The Effect of Disability Programs on Financial Outcomes” AEJ Applied Economics (April 2021). 10.1257/app.20190709

• Replication package: 10.3886/E118462V1
• Does the replication package require confidential or proprietary data? Yes
• Did the Data Editor run the package? Partially
• Additional notes: Requires ZTRAX data, which are no longer accessible.

AEJ Economic Policy

Barbara Biasi. “The Labor Market for Teachers under Different Pay Schemes” AEJ Economic Policy (August 2021). 10.1257/pol.20200295

• Replication package: 10.3886/E119844V1
• Does the replication package require confidential or proprietary data? Yes
• Did the Data Editor run the package? No
• Additional notes: Uses restricted data from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction and New York City Department of Education.

AEJ Macroeconomics

Silvia Miranda-Agrippino, and Giovanni Ricco. “The Transmission of Monetary Policy Shocks” AEJ Macroeconomics (July 2021). 10.1257/mac.20180124

• Replication package: 10.3886/E116841V1
• Does the replication package require confidential or proprietary data? Yes
• Did the Data Editor run the package? Yes
• Additional notes: Only a small fraction of the data are proprietary, but can be accessed from the typical business school library. The remaining data are included.

AEJ Microeconomics

Board and Meyer-ter-Vehn. “A Reputational Theory of Firm Dynamics” AEJ Microeconomics (May 2022). 10.1257/mic.20190376

• Replication package: 10.3886/E118970V1
• Does the replication package require confidential or proprietary data? No
• Did the Data Editor run the package? Yes
• Additional notes: Only uses (creates) simulated data.