从糠秕中分离麦粒:作为定量文献综述的元分析

Wheat From Chaff: Meta-Analysis As Quantitative Literature Review

Journal of Economic Perspectives · 2001
被引 961
人大 A-ABS 4

中文导读

介绍并发展了元回归分析(MRA)这一定量方法,用于综述和评估实证研究,并以李嘉图等价假说为例展示其与传统叙述性综述的差异,帮助研究者区分真实效应与模型设定错误。

Abstract

This paper presents and develops a quantitative method of literature reviewing and evaluating empirical research, meta-regression analysis or MRA. Economics is theory-driven. Yet, we must learn empirically if economics is to advance. MRA offers a more objective statistical method to summarize our empirical knowledge and to explain the wide study-to-study variation in economic research. MRA is used to assess the evidence for Ricardian equivalence, and its findings are contrasted to those of conventional narrative review. Furthermore, MRA establishes a platform from which to distinguish genuine empirical effect from the exploitable specification error that infests applied econometrics.

元分析元回归分析实证研究综述计量经济学规范