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Crowdsourcing hypothesis tests: making transparent how design choices shape res...
Landy, J. F.; Jia; M.; Ding, I. L.; Viganola, D.; Tierney, W; Dreber, A.; Johannesson, M.; Pfeiffer, T.; Ebersole, C.; Gronau, Q. F.; Ly, A.To what extent are research results influenced by subjective decisions that scientists make as they design studies? Fifteen research teams independently designed studies to answer five original research questions related to moral judgments, negotiations, and implicit cognition. Participants from 2 separate large samples (total N > 15,000) were then randomly assigned to complete 1 version of each study. Effect s...
What drives foreign direct investment: the role of language, geographical dista...
Ly, A.; Esperança, J.; Davcik, N. S.This paper sheds new light on the impact of linguistic and technological similarities between countries on foreign direct investment (FDI), using an extended gravity model. The model includes technological commonality, as measured by the aggregate production of intellectual property, at the country level. An analysis of 71,309 pairs of FDI relationships, from 2000 to 2012, showed that language is positively ass...