AER Replication

Overview

Prior to acceptance, every empirical, simulation, or experimental paper submitted to an AEA journal must provide data, code, and a complete README sufficient for an independent researcher to reproduce every reported result. The AEA Data Editor's Office now performs a computational reproducibility check before final acceptance, and a failed check delays publication by weeks or months.

This skill produces an AEA-compliant deposit on the first try.

When to Use

• A conditional acceptance arrived and the deposit deadline is set
• Drafting the README at any point in the project (recommended: from day one)
• An AEA Data Editor report flagged the deposit
• Preparing a deposit for openICPSR

Current AEA Data and Code Availability Policy (February 2026)

Three pillars: