Alcohol consumption and smoking dose-dependently and synergistically worsen local pancreas damage
Open Access
- 19 January 2022
- Vol. 71 (12), 2601-2602
- https://doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2021-326853
Abstract
The file drawer problem is a publication bias where journal editors are much more likely to accept empirical papers with statistically significant results than those with statistically nonsignificant results. As a result, papers that have nonsignificant results are not published and relegated to the file drawer, never to be seen by others. In a previous paper, Morey and Yadav (2018), examined the file drawer problem in finance journals and found evidence that strongly suggests that such a publication bias exists in finance journals. In this follow-up study, we examine the prevalence of the file drawer problem at finance conferences. As such we are the first article in finance that we know of to attempt such an analysis. To do this, we examine every single empirical paper presented at the annual Financial Management Association (FMA) conference from 2014–2018. In an examination of 3,425 empirical papers, we found less than one-half of one percent of these papers had statistically nonsignificant results. These results suggest that there is also a significant file drawer problem at finance conferences. TOPIC:Statistical methods Key Findings • The file drawer problem is a publication bias where journal editors are much more likely to accept empirical papers with statistically significant results than those with statistically nonsignificant results. As a result, papers that have nonsignificant results are not published and relegated to the file drawer, never to be seen by others. • This article represents the first article that we know of to examine file-drawer publication bias at finance conferences. To do this, we examine every single empirical paper presented at the annual Financial Management Association (FMA) conference from 2014–2018. • In an examination of 3425 empirical papers, we found less than one-half of one percent of these papers had statistically nonsignificant results. These results suggest that there is also a significant file drawer problem at finance conferences.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Research, Development and Innovation Office grant (K131996)
- University of Pécs Medical School Research Fund (300909)
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