Category: Open Code

Open Source: the key to More Open Science in Economics and Business Studies

Open Source: the key to More Open Science in Economics and Business Studies

Open Source software plays an important role in research. However, there is still room for improvement in its use in economics and business studies, as Prof. Dr Hans-Martin von Gaudecker noted during a Coffee Lecture on Open Science Education. In his presentation, he outlined practical approaches and initiatives for promoting Open Source in economics and business studies. At the end of June, the fourth edition of the “Coffee Lecture on Open Science Education” series took place. The guest speaker was Prof. Dr Hans-Martin von Gaudecker, Professor of Applied Microeconomics at the University of Bonn and an active member of the […]

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New in the Open Economics Guide: Promoting Reproducibility With Open Code

New in the Open Economics Guide: Promoting Reproducibility With Open Code

Openly accessible programming code can make your research work easier. It ensures that you receive appropriate recognition for your work and generally improves the reproducibility of research because it allows to understand and review the work of other researchers. A new section has now been added to the ZBW’s Open Economics Guide, which provides practical tips to help you get started with Open Code. Here you can find out how you can go about creating and publishing Open Code yourself or how you can easily reuse the Open Code of others. Open Code makes source code written for research such […]

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