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Publications, methods and working papers

We seek to estimate genuine empirical effects, to understand research heterogeneity and to correct specification and selection biases endemic in economics and the social sciences.

Research publications - applications

This page presents the key meta-analysis publications of DeLMAR members. Library subscriptions are required in most instances to access these.

General meta-analysis

Stanley, TD, Doucouliagos, H, and Steel, P 2018, ‘Does ICT generate economic growth? A meta-regression analysis’, Journal of Economic Surveys, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 705–726, doi: 10.1111/joes.12211.

Ioannidis, JPA, Stanley, TD, and Doucouliagos, C 2017, ‘The power of bias in economics research’, The Economic Journal, vol. 127 pp. F236–265.

Stanley, TD, Doucouliagos, C, and Ioannidis, JPA 2017, ‘Finding the power to reduce publication bias’, Statistics in Medicine, 10: 1580–1598.

Stanley, TD, Doucouliagos, H, Giles, M, Heckemeyer, J, Johnston, RJ, Laroche, P, Pugh, G, Nelson, J, Paldam, M, Poot, J, Rosenberger, R & Rost, K 2013, 'Meta-analysis of economics research reporting guidelines', Journal of Economic Surveys vol. 27, pp. 390-94.

Stanley, TD & Doucouliagos, H 2010, 'Picture This: A simple graph that reveals much ado about research', Journal of Economic Surveys vol. 24 pp.170-91.

Rosenberger, RS & Stanley, TD 2006, 'Measurement, generalization, and publication: Sources of error in benefit transfers and their management', Ecological Economics vol. 60, pp. 372-78.

Stanley, TD 2005, 'Beyond publication bias', Journal of Economic Surveys, vol. 19, pp. 309-47.

Stanley, TD & Jarrell, SB 2005, 'Meta-regression analysis: A quantitative method of literature surveys', Journal of Economic Surveys vol. 19, pp. 299-308.

Stanley, TD 2002, 'Response', Journal of Economic Perspectives vol. 16, pp. 227-29.

Stanley, TD 2001, 'Wheat from chaff: Meta-analysis as quantitative literature review', Journal of Economic Perspectives vol. 15, pp. 131-50.

Health

Linardon, J, Kothe, EJ and Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, M 2019, ‘Efficacy of psychotherapy for bulimia nervosa and binge-eating disorder on self-esteem improvement: meta-analysis’, European Eating Disorders Review, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 109–123, doi: 10.1002/erv.2662.

Bos, Jason, Hayden, Melissa J, Lum, Jarrad AG and Staiger, Petra K 2019, ‘UPPS-P impulsive personality traits and adolescent cigarette smoking: a meta-analysis’, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, vol. 197, pp. 335–343, doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.01.018.

Barhoun, P, Fuelscher, I, Kothe, E, He, JL, Youssef, G, Enticott, P, Williams, J and Hyde, C 2019, ‘Motor imagery in children with DCD: a systematic and meta-analytic review of hand-rotation task performance’, Neuroscience & biobehavioral reviews, vol. 99, pp. 282–297, doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2019.02.002.

Tan, ES, Mcintosh, JE, Kothe, EJ, Opie, JE and Olsson, CA 2018, ‘Couple relationship quality and offspring attachment security: a systematic review with meta-analysis’, Attachment and Human Development, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 349–377, doi: 10.1080/14616734.2017.1401651.

Chu, CS, Tseng, PT, Stubbs, B, Chen, TY, Tang, CH, Li, DJ, Yang, WC, Chen, YW, Wu, CK, Veronese, N, Carvalho, AF, Fernandes, BS, Herrmann, N and Lin, PY 2018, ‘Use of statins and the risk of dementia and mild cognitive impairment: a systematic review and meta-analysis’, Scientific Reports, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 1–12, doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-24248-8..

Pereira, L P, Köhler, CA, Stubbs, B, Miskowiak, KW, Morris, G, de Freitas, BP, Thompson, T, Simoes Fernandes, B, Brunoni, AR, Maes, M, Pizzagalli, DA and Carvalho, AF 2018, ‘Imaging genetics paradigms in depression research: systematic review and meta-analysis’, Progress in Neuro-psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, vol. 86, pp. 102–113, doi: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2018.05.012.

Davies, SJ., Lum, JAG, Skouteris, H, Byrne, LK, and Hayden, MJ 2018, ‘Cognitive impairment during pregnancy: a meta-analysis’, Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 208, no. 1, pp. 35–40, doi: 10.5694/mja17.00131.

Fuelscher, I, Caeyenberghs, K, Enticott, P, Williams, J, Lum, J and Hyde, C 2018, ‘Differential activation of brain areas in children with developmental coordination disorder during tasks of manual dexterity: an ALE meta-analysis’, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, vol. 86, pp. 77–84, doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2018.01.002.

Booth, AO, Wang, X, Turner, AI, Nowson, CA and Torres, SJ 2018, ‘Diet-induced weight loss has no effect on psychological stress in overweight and obese adults: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials’, Nutrients, vol. 10, no. 5, pp. 1–12, doi: 10.3390/nu10050613.

Brownstein, DJ, Salagre, E, Köhler, C, Stubbs, B, Vian, J, Pereira, C, Chavarria, V, Karmakar, C, Turner, A, Quevedo, J, Carvalho, AF, Berk, M and Fernandes, BS 2018, ‘Blockade of the angiotensin system improves mental health domain of quality of life: a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials’, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 52, no. 1, pp. 24–38, doi: 10.1177/0004867417721654.

Brownstein, DJ, Salagre, E, Köhler, C, Stubbs, B, Vian, J, Pereira, C, Chavarria, V, Karmakar, C, Turner, A, Quevedo, J, Carvalho, AF, Berk, M, and Fernandes, BS 2018, ‘Blockade of the angiotensin system improves mental health domain of quality of life: a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials’, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 52, no. 1, pp. 24–38, doi: 10.1177/0004867417721654.

Zheng, W, Zhang, QE, Cai, DB, Yang, XH, Qiu, Y, Ungvari, GS, Ng, CH, Berk, M, Ning, YP, and Xiang, YT 2018, ‘N-acetylcysteine for major mental disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials’, Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, vol. 137, no. 5, pp. 391–400, doi: 10.1111/acps.12862. .1177/0004867417721654.

Davies, Sasha J, Lum, JAG, Skouteris, H Byrne, LK, and Hayden, MJ, 2018, ‘Cognitive impairment during pregnancy: a meta-analysis’, Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 208, no. 1, pp. 35–40, doi: 10.5694/mja17.00131.

Issaka, A, Paradies, Y and Stevenson, C 2018, ‘Modifiable and emerging risk factors for type 2 diabetes in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol’, Systematic Reviews, vol. 7, no. 1, doi: 10.1186/s13643-018-0801-y.

Land, MA, Neal, BC, Johnson, C, Nowson, CA, Margerison, C, and Petersen, KS 2018, ‘Salt consumption by Australian adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis’, Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 208, no. 2, pp. 75–81, doi: 10.5694/mja17.00394.

Linardon, J, Mclure, M, and Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, M 2018, ‘Meta-analysis of the effects of cognitive-behavioural therapy for binge-eating-type disorders on abstinence rates in nonrandomized effectiveness studies: comparable outcomes to randomized, controlled trials?’, International Journal of Eating Disorders, vol. 51, no. 12, pp. 1303–1311, doi: 10.1002/eat.22986.

Nikodijevic, A, Buck, K, Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, M, de Paoli, T and Krug, I 2018, ‘Body checking and body avoidance in eating disorders: systematic review and meta-analysis’, European Eating Disorders Review, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 159–185, doi: 10.1002/erv.2585.

Nolan, A, Blewitt, C, Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, M, Bergmeier, H, Vicary, D, Huang, T, McCabe, P, McKay, T and Skouteris, H 2018, ‘Social and emotional learning associated with universal curriculum-based interventions in early childhood education and care centres: a systematic review and meta-analysis’, JAMA Network Open, vol. 1, no. 8, doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.5727.

Teague, S, Youssef, GJ, Macdonald, JA, Sciberras, E, Shatte, A, Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, M, Greenwood, C, McIntosh, J, Olsson, CA, Hutchinson, D, SEED Lifecourse Sciences Theme 2018, ‘Retention strategies in longitudinal cohort studies: a systematic review and meta-analysis’, BMC Medical Research Methodology, vol. 18, pp. 1–22, doi: 10.1186/s12874-018-0586-7.

Taylor, LM, Kerse, N, Frakking, T and Maddison, R 2018, ‘Active video games for improving physical performance measures in older people: a meta-analysis’, Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy, vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 108–123, doi: 10.1519/JPT.0000000000000078.

Zlatevska, N, Neumann, N, and Dubelaar, C 2018, ‘Mandatory calorie disclosure: a comprehensive analysis of its effect on consumers and retailers’, Journal of Retailing, vol. 94, no. 1, pp. 89–101, doi: 10.1016/j.jretai.2017.09.007.

Stanley, TD 2017, Yes, nicotine replacement therapy's effectiveness is much lower than often reported. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, doi:1016/j.jclinepi.2016.09.005

Gallet, C & Doucouliagos, H 2017, 'The impact of healthcare spending on health outcomes: A meta-regression analysis', Social Science and Medicine. IN PRESS. Accepted February 15, 2017.

Stanley, T.D 2016, 'Considerations of statistical power and risk of bias question the strength of nicotine replacement therapy's effectiveness', Journal of Clinical Epidemiology vol. 79, pp. 169-70.

Stanley, T.D. & Massey, S 2016, 'Evidence of nicotine replacement’s effectiveness dissolves when meta-regression accommodates multiple sources of bias. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 79: 41-5.

Winter JE, MacInnis RJ, Nowson CA.  The influence of age on the BMI and all-cause mortality: a meta-analysis. J Nutr Health Aging 2016 First Online: 07 November 2016 DOI: 10.1007/s12603-016-0837-4.

Huang L, Crino M, Wu JH, Woodward M, Land MA, McLean R, Webster J, Enkhtungalag B, Nowson CA, Elliott P, Cogswell M, Toft U, Mill JG, Furlanetto TW, Ilich JZ, Hong YH, Cohall D, Luzardo L, Noboa O, Holm E, Gerbes AL, Senousy B, Pinar Kara S, Brewster LM, Ueshima H, Subramanian S, Teo BW, Allen N, Choudhury SR, Polonia J, Yasuda Y, Campbell NR, Neal B, Petersen KS. Reliable Quantification of the Potential for Equations Based on Spot Urine Samples to Estimate Population Salt Intake: Protocol for a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. JMIR Res Protoc. 2016 Sep 21;5(3):e190.

Grimes CA, Bolhuis DP, He FJ, Nowson CA. Dietary sodium intake and overweight and obesity in children and adults: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. Syst Rev. 2016 Jan 18;5(1):7.

Direito A, Carraca E, Rawstorn J, Whittaker R, Maddison R. mHealth Technologies to influence physical activity and sedentary behaviors: Behavior change techniques, systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 2016; 18 Oct [advance online]. doi: 10.1007/s12160-016-9846-0.

Chow CK, Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam, Farmer A,  Bobrow K, Maddison R, Whittaker R,  Pfaeffli-Dale L, Lechner A, Niessen LW, Lear S, Eapen Z, Santo K, Stepien S, Redfern J, Rodgers A. Text2PreventCVD: Protocol for a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis of text-message based interventions for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases. BMJ Open. 2016; 6: e012723. Doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012723

Taylor LM, Kerse N, Frakking T, Maddison R. Active Video Games for improving physical performance measures in older people: a meta-analysis. Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy. 2016 Mar 11. [Epub ahead of print]. doi: 10.1519/JPT.0000000000000078

Rawstorn JC, Gant N, Dirieto A, Beckman C, Maddison  R. Telehealth exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation: A systematic review & meta-analysis. Heart. 2016:102(15): 1183-1192. doi:10.1136/heartjnl-2015-308966

Booth AO, Huggins CE, Wattanapenpaiboon N, Nowson CA. Effect of increasing dietary calcium through supplements and dairy food on body weight and body composition: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Br J Nutr. 2015;114(7):1013-25.

Winter JE, Macinnis RJ, Wattanapenpaiboon N, Nowson CA. BMI and all-cause mortality in older adults: a meta-analysis. Am J Clin Nutr. 2014;99:875-90.

Newton, J. D., Newton, F. J., Ewing, M. T., Burney, S., & Hay, M. (2013). Conceptual overlap between moral norms and anticipated regret in the prediction of intention: Implications for theory of planned behaviour research. Psychology & Health 28: 495-513.

Costa-Font, J., McGuire, A. and Stanley, T.D. 2013. Publication selection in health policy research: The winner’s curse hypothesis. Health Policy 109: 78-87.

Roberts V, Maddison R, Simpson C, Bullen C, Prapavessis H. The acute effects of exercise on cigarette cravings, withdrawal symptoms, affect, and smoking behaviour: systematic review update and meta-analysis. Psychopharmacology. 2012; 4.10.

Newton, J. D. 2011. How does the general public view posthumous organ donation? A meta-synthesis of the qualitative literature. BMC Public Health, 11:791.

Renzaho AM, Halliday JA, Nowson C. Vitamin D, obesity, and obesity-related chronic disease among ethnic minorities: a systematic review.  Nutrition 2011;27(9):868-79.

Tang BMP, Eslick GD, Nowson C, Smith C, Bensoussan A. Use of calcium or calcium in combination with vitamin D supplementation to prevent fractures and bone loss in people aged 50 years and older: a metanalysis. Lancet 2007;370(9588):657-66.

He FJ, Nowson CA, Lucas M, Macgregor GA. Increased consumption of fruit and vegetables is related to a reduced risk of coronary heart disease: meta-analysis of cohort studies. Hum Hypertens. 2007;21(9):717-28.

He FJ,  Nowson CA,  MacGregor GA. Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Stroke: A Meta-Analysis of Cohort Studies. Lancet 2006;367(9507):320-326.

Value of statistical life

Doucouliagos, H., T.D. Stanley and Viscusi, K. 2014. Publication selection and the income elasticity of the value of a statistical life. Journal of Health Economics 33: 67-75.

Doucouliagos, H., Stanley, T.D. and Giles, M. 2012. Are estimates of the value of a statistical life exaggerated? Journal of Health Economics 31: 197-206.

Labour and industrial relations

Doucouliagos, H., Freeman, R. and Laroche, P. 2017. The Economics of Trade Unions: A Study of a Research Field and its Findings, Routledge, Oxford.

De Linde Leonard, M. and Stanley, T.D. 2015. Married with children: What remains when observable biases are removed from the reported male marriage wage premium. Labour Economics 33: 72-80.

Leonard, M., Stanley, T.D. and Doucouliagos, H. 2014. Does the UK Minimum wage reduce employment? British Journal of Industrial Relations 52: 499-520.

Doucouliagos, H. and Laroche, P. 2013. Unions and innovation: New insights from the cross-country evidence. Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society 52: 467-91.

Doucouliagos, H., Stanley, T.D. and Haman, J. 2012. Pay for performance and governance reform. Industrial Relations: A journal of economy and society51: 670-703.

Doucouliagos, Hand Laroche, P.  2009. Unions and profits: a meta-regression analysis. Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society 48: 146-84.

Doucouliagos, H. and Stanley, T.D. 2009. Publication selection bias in minimum-wage research? A meta-regression analysis. British Journal of Industrial Relations 47: 406-28.

Doucouliagos, H., Laroche, P. and Stanley, T. 2005. Publication bias in union-productivity research? Relations Industrielles 60: 320-44.

Doucouliagos, H. and Laroche, P. 2003. What do unions do to productivity? A meta-analysis. Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society 42: 650-91.

Doucouliagos, H. and Laroche, P. 2003. Unions and tangible investments: A review and new evidence in France. Relations Industrielles 58: 314-38.

Krassoi-Peach, E.and T.D. Stanley. 2009. Efficiency wages, productivity and simultaneity: A meta-regression analysis. Journal of Labor Research 30: 262-68.

Jarrell, S.B. and Stanley, T.D. 2004. Declining bias and gender wage discrimination? A meta-regression analysis. Journal of Human Resources 38: 828-38.

Stanley, T.D. and Jarrell, S.B. 1998. Gender wage discrimination bias? A meta-regression analysis. Journal of Human Resources 33: 947-73.

Doucouliagos, H. 1995. Worker participation and productivity in labor-managed and participatory capitalist firms: A meta-analysis. Industrial and Labor Relations Review 49: 58-77.

Political economy: aid, democracy, economic freedom, inequality

Abdullah, A.J., Doucouliagos, H. and Manning, L. 2015. Does education reduce inequality? Journal of Economic Surveys 29: 301-16.

Costa-Font, J., Alberque, F. and Doucouliagos, H. 2015. Does inter-jurisdictional competition engender a “race to the bottom”? Economics and Politics 27: 488-508.

Costa-Font, J., Alberque, F. and Doucouliagos, H. 2014. Do jurisdictions compete on taxes? A meta-regression analysis Public Choice 161: 451-70.

Askarov, Z. and Doucouliagos, H. 2103. Does aid improve democracy and governance? Public Choice 157: 601-28.

Doucouliagos, H. and Paldam, M. 2013. The robust result in meta-analysis of aid effectiveness: A response to Mekasha and Tarp. Journal of Development Studies 49: 584-87.

Doucouliagos, H. and Paldam, M. 2011. The ineffectiveness of development aid on growth: An update. European Journal of Political Economy 27: 399-404.

Doucouliagos, H.and Paldam, M. 2010. Conditional aid effectiveness: a meta-study. Journal of International Development 22: 391-410.

Doucouliagos, Hand Paldam, M. 2009. The aid effectiveness literature: The sad results of 40 years of research. Journal of Economic Surveys 23: 433-61.

Doucouliagos, Hand Ulubasoglu, M. 2008. Democracy and economic growth: A meta-analysis. American Journal of Political Science, 52(1): 61-83.

Doucouliagos, H. and Paldam, M. 2008. Aid effectiveness on growth: A meta study. European Journal of Political Economy 24: 1-24.

Doucouliagos, H. and Ulubasoglu, M. 2006. Economic freedom and economic growth: Does specification make a difference? European Journal of Political Economy 22: 60-81.

Doucouliagos, H. and Paldam, M. 2006. Aid effectiveness on accumulation: A meta study. Kyklos 59: 189-216.

Doucouliagos, H. 2005. Publication bias in the economic freedom and economic growth literature. Journal of Economic Surveys 19: 367-387.

Madsen, J, Islam, M, Doucouliagos, H(C), 2018, Inequality, financial development and economic growth in the OECD, 1870-2011, European Economic Review, Vol. 101, pp. 605-624.

Credibility of econometric research

Ioannidis, J., Stanley, T.D. and Doucouliagos, H. The power of bias in economics research. The Economic Journal. IN PRESS. Accepted November 2015. DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12461.

Doucouliagos, H. and T.D. Stanley. 2013. Are all economic facts greatly exaggerated? Theory competition and selectivity. Journal of Economic Surveys 27: 316-39.

Ioannidis, J. and Doucouliagos, H. 2013. What’s to know about the credibility of empirical economics? Journal of Economic Surveys 27: 997-1004.

Stanley, TD, Doucouliagos, C, and Ioannidis, J,P.A., 2017, Finding The Power To Reduce Publication Bias, Statistics In Medicine, Vol 10, pp. 1580- 1598.

Stanley, TD, 2017, Limitations of PET-PEESE and other meta-analysis methods. Social Psychology and Personality Science, Vol 8(5), pp. 581-591, DOI: 10.1177/1948550617693062.

Stanley, TD, and Doucouliagos, H, 2017, Neither fixed nor random: weighted least squares meta-regression. Res. Syn. Meth., Vol 8, pp. 19-42. doi: 10.1002/jrsm.1211.

Marketing

Holden, S.S., Zlatevska, N. and Dubelaar, C. 2016. Whether smaller plates reduce consumption depends on who's serving and who's looking: A meta-analysis. Journal of the Association for Consumer Research, 1: 134-46.

Zlatevska, N., Dubelaar, C. and Holden, S.S. 2014. Sizing up the effect of portion size on consumption: A meta-analytic review. Journal of Marketing 78: 140–54.

Woodside, A.G. and Dubelaar, C. 2003. Increasing quality in measuring advertising effectiveness: A meta-analysis of question framing in conversion studies. Journal of Advertising Research 43: 78-85.

Zlatevska, N, Neumann, N, and Dubelaar, C, 2017, Mandatory calorie disclosure: a comprehensive analysis of its effect on consumers and retailers, Journal of retailing, pp. 1-13, doi: 10.1016/j.jretai.2017.09.007.

Psychology

Stanley, TD, Carter, EC and Doucouliagos C 2018, ‘What meta-analyses reveal about the replicability of psychological research’, Psychological Bulletin, vol. 144(12), pp. 1325–1346. doi: 10.1037/bul0000169

Tan, Evelyn S, Mcintosh, Jennifer E, Kothe, E J, Opie, JE, and Olsson, CA 2018, ‘Couple relationship quality and offspring attachment security: a systematic review with meta-analysis’, Attachment and Human Development, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 349–377, doi: 10.1080/14616734.2017.1401651.

Johnson, B. P., Lum, J. A., Rinehart, N. J., & Fielding, J. (2016). Ocular motor disturbances in autism spectrum disorders: Systematic review and comprehensive meta-analysis. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 69, 260-279.

Barham, Michael P., Peter G. Enticott, Russell Conduit, and Jarrad AG Lum. "Transcranial electrical stimulation during sleep enhances declarative (but not procedural) memory consolidation: Evidence from a meta-analysis." Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 63 (2016): 65-77.

Obeid, R., Brooks, P. J., Powers, K. L., Gillespie-Lynch, K., & Lum, J. A. (2016). Statistical Learning in Specific Language Impairment and Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Meta-Analysis. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01245

Lum, J. A., Powell, M., Timms, L., & Snow, P. (2015). A meta-analysis of cross sectional studies investigating language in maltreated children. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 58(3), 961-976.

Clark, G. M., Lum, J. A., & Ullman, M. T. (2014). A meta-analysis and meta-regression of serial reaction time task performance in Parkinson’s disease. Neuropsychology, 28(6), 945-958.

Corp, D. T., Lum, J. A., Tooley, G. A., & Pearce, A. J. (2014). Corticospinal activity during dual tasking: A systematic review and meta-analysis of TMS literature from 1995 to 2013. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 43, 74-87.

Lum, J. A., Conti-Ramsden, G., Morgan, A. T., & Ullman, M. T. (2014). Procedural learning deficits in specific language impairment (SLI): A meta-analysis of serial reaction time task performance. Cortex, 51, 1-10.

Lum, J. A., & Conti-Ramsden, G. (2013). Long-term memory: A review and meta-analysis of studies of declarative and procedural memory in specific language impairment. Topics in language disorders, 33(4), 282-297.

Lum, J. A., Ullman, M. T., & Conti-Ramsden, G. (2013). Procedural learning is impaired in dyslexia: Evidence from a meta-analysis of serial reaction time studies. Research in developmental disabilities, 34(10), 3460-3476.

Other

Chaikumbung, M., Doucouliagos, H. and Scarborough, H. 2016. The economic value of wetlands in developing countries: A meta-regression analysis. Ecological Economics 124: 164-74.

Holden, S., Zlatevska, N., Dubelaar, C., Whether smaller plates reduce consumption depends on who’s serving and who’s looking: a meta-analysis (2016), Vol. 1, pp. 134-146, Journal of the association of consumer research, Chicago, Ill., C1

Oczkowski, E. and Doucouliagos, H. 2015. Wine prices and quality ratings. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 97: 103-21.

Gallet, C. and Doucouliagos, H. 2014. The income elasticity of air travel. Annals of Tourism Research 49: 141-55.

Zlatevska, N., Dubelaar, C., Holden, S., Sizing up the effect of portion size on consumption: A meta-analytic review (2014), Vol. 78, pp. 140-154, Journal of Marketing, New York, N.Y.

Zanon, D., Hall, J., Doucouliagos, H. and Lockstone, L. 2013. Constraints to park visitation: A meta-analysis. Leisure Sciences 35: 475-93.

Woodside, G., Dubelaar, C., Increasing Quality in Measuring Advertising Effectiveness: A Meta-Analysis of Question Framing in Conversion Studies, Journal of Advertising Research Vol 78 78-85 March 2003

Newton, J. D., Newton, F. J., Ewing, M. T., Burney, S., & Hay, M. (2013). Conceptual overlap between moral norms and anticipated regret in the prediction of intention: Implications for theory of planned behaviour research. Psychology & Health, 28(5), 495-513.

Newton, J. D. (2011). How does the general public view posthumous organ donation? A meta-synthesis of the qualitative literature. BMC Public Health, 11(1), 791.

Rose, A.K. and Stanley, T.D. 2005. A meta-analysis of the effect of common currencies on international trade. Journal of Economic Surveys 19: 347-65.

Stanley, T.D. 2005. Integrating the empirical tests of the natural rate hypothesis: A meta-regression analysis. Kyklos 58: 587-610.

Stanley, T.D. 2004. Does unemployment hysteresis falsify the natural rate hypothesis? A meta-regression analysis. Journal of Economic Surveys 18: 1-28.

Stanley, T.D. 1998. New wine in old bottles: A meta-analysis of Ricardian Equivalence. Southern Economic Journal 64: 713-27.

Research publications - methods

This page presents the meta-analysis and meta-regression analysis methods publications of DeLMAR members. Library subscriptions are required in most instances to access these publications.

A - Z

Ioannidis, J., Stanley, T.D. and Doucouliagos, H. 2017. The power of bias in economics research. The Economic Journal. IN PRESS. DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12461.

Stanley, T.D. 2017. Limitations of PET-PEESE and other meta-analysis methods. Social Psychology and Personality Science. IN PRESS. DOI: 10.1177/1948550617693062.

Stanley, T.D., Doucouliagos, H. and Ioannidis, J. 2017. Finding the power to reduce publication bias. Statistics in Medicine. IN PRESS. DOI: 10.1002/sim.7228.

Stanley, T.D. and Doucouliagos, H. 2016. Neither fixed nor random: weighted least squares meta-regression. Research Synthesis Methods. IN PRESS. DOI: 10.1002/jrsm.1211.

Stanley, T.D. and Doucouliagos, H. 2015. Neither fixed nor random: weighted least squares meta-analysis. Statistics in Medicine 34: 2116-127.

Stanley, T.D. and Doucouliagos, H. 2014. Meta-regression approximations to reduce publication selection bias. Research Synthesis Methods 5: 60-78.

Stanley, T.D. and Doucouliagos, H(C). 2012. Meta-Regression Analysis in Economics and Business, Oxford: Routledge.

Stanley, T.D., Jarrell, S.B. and Doucouliagos, H(C). 2010. Could it be better to discard 90% of the data? A statistical paradox. American Statistician 64: 70-7.

Stanley, T.D and Doucouliagos, H(C). 2010. Picture This: A simple graph that reveals much ado about research. Journal of Economic Surveys 24: 170-91.

Moreno, S.G., A.J. Sutton, A.E. Ades, Stanley, T.D., K.R. Abrams, J.L. Peters, N.J. Cooper. 2009. Assessment of regression-based methods to adjust for publication bias through a comprehensive simulation study. BMC Medical Research Methodology 9: 2.

Stanley, T.D., Doucouliagos, H(C) and Jarrell, S.B. 2008. 'Meta-regression analysis as the socio-economics of economics research', Journal of Socio-Economics 37: 276-92.

Stanley, T.D. 2008. 'Meta-regression methods for detecting and estimating empirical effect in the presence of publication selection', Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 70:103-27.

Working papers

This section contains unpublished versions of our meta-analysis applications and methods studies and works-in-progress.


T.D. Stanley, Evan C. Carter and Hristos Doucouliagos. What Meta-Analyses Reveal about the Replicability of Psychological Research. Deakin Laboratory for the Meta-Analysis of Research, Working Paper, November 2017.

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The power of bias in economics research, John P.A. Ioannidis, T.D. Stanley and Hristos Doucouliagos, Deakin University Faculty of Business and Law Department of Economics SWP 2016/1

Chaikumbung, M., Doucouliagos, C. and Scarborough, H., The economic value of wetlands in developing countries: A meta-regression analysis, Deakin University Faculty Of Business And Law School Of Accounting, Economics And Finance SWP 2015/10

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Stanley, T.D., Doucouliagos, C., and Steel, P., Does ICT Generate Economic Growth?A Meta-Regression Analysis, Deakin University Faculty of Business and Law School Of Accounting, Economics And Finance SWP 2015/9

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Kim, J., Doucouliagos, H., and Stanley, T.D., Market Efficiency in Asian and Australasian Stock Markets: A Fresh Look at the Evidence, Deakin University Faculty Of Business And Law School Of Accounting, Economics And Finance SWP 2014/9

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Gallet C. and Doucouliagos, H., The Income Elasticity Of Air Travel: A Meta-Analysis, Deakin University Faculty Of Business And Law School Of Accounting, Economics And Finance SWP 2014/6

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Stanley, T.D. and Doucouliagos, H., Better than Random: Weighted Least Squares Meta-Regression Analysis, Deakin University Faculty Of Business And Law School Of Accounting, Economics And Finance SWP 2013/2 (Updated July 2014)

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Doucouliagos, H. and Paldam, M. The robust result in meta-analysis of aid effectiveness: A response to Mekasha and Tarp,  Deakin University Faculty of Business and Law School Of Accounting, Economics And Finance SWP 2012/4

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Stanley, T.D. and Doucouliagos, H., Meta-Regression Approximations to Reduce Publication Selection Bias, Deakin University Faculty Of Business And Law School Of Accounting, Economics And Finance SWP 2011/4

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Doucouliagos, H., How Large is Large? Preliminary and relative guidelines for interpreting partial correlations in economics, Deakin University Faculty Of Business And Law School Of Accounting, Economics And Finance SWP 2011/5

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Doucouliagos, H., Stanley, T.D., and Giles, M., Are Estimates of the Value of a Statistical Life Exaggerated? Deakin University Faculty Of Business And Law School Of Accounting, Economics And Finance SWP 2011/2

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Doucouliagos, H. and Hall, J., Park Visitation, Constraints, and Satisfaction: A Meta-Analysis, Deakin University Faculty Of Business And Law School Of Accounting, Economics And Finance SWP 2010/18

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Doucouliagos, H. and Laroche, P., Unions, Innovation, and Technology Adoption: New insights from the cross-country evidence, Deakin University Faculty Of Business And Law School Of Accounting, Economics And Finance SWP 2010/16

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Doucouliagos, H. and Haman, J., Pay for Performance and Corporate Governance Reform, Deakin University Faculty Of Business And Law School Of Accounting, Economics And Finance SWP 2010/04

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Stanley, T.D., Jarrell, S.B., and Doucouliagos, H., Could It Be Better to Discard 90% of the Data? A Statistical Paradox, Deakin University Faculty Of Business And Law School Of Accounting, Economics And Finance SWP 2009/13

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Doucouliagos, H. and Stanley, T.D., Theory Competition and Selectivity: Are All Economic Facts Greatly Exaggerated?, Deakin University Faculty Of Business And Law School Of Accounting, Economics And Finance SWP 2008/06

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Stanley, T.D. and Doucouliagos, H., Identifying and Correcting Publication Selection Bias in the Efficiency-Wage Literature: Heckman Meta-Regression, Deakin University Faculty Of Business And Law School Of Accounting, Economics And Finance SWP 2007/11

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Doucouliagos, H. and Laroche, P., Unions And Profitability: A Meta-Analysis, Deakin University Faculty Of Business And Law School Of Accounting, Economics And Finance SWP 2007/01

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Stanley, T.D. and Doucouliagos, H., Identifying and Correcting Publication Selection Bias in the Efficiency-Wage Literature: Heckman Meta-Regression, Deakin University Faculty Of Business And Law School Of Accounting, Economics And Finance SWP 2007/11

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Doucouliagos, H. and Laroche, P., Unions And Profitability: A Meta-Analysis, Deakin University Faculty Of Business And Law School Of Accounting, Economics And Finance SWP 2007/01

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Stanley T.D., Two-Stage Precision-Effect Estimation and Heckman Meta-Regression for Publication Selection Bias Deakin University Faculty of Business and Law School Of Accounting, Economics And Finance 2006/25

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Stanley, T.D., Doucouliagos, C., Jarrell, S.B., Meta-Regression Analysis as the Socio-Economics of Economic Research, Deakin University Faculty of Business and Law School Of Accounting, Economics And Finance, SWP 2006/21

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Stanley T.D., Meta-Regression Methods for Detecting and Estimating Effects in the Presence of Publication Selection, Deakin University Faculty of Business and Law School Of Accounting, Economics And Finance, SWP 2006/20

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Stanley T.D and Doucouliagos, H. Publication Bias in Minimum-Wage Research? Card and Krueger Redux, Deakin University Faculty of Business and Law School Of Accounting, Economics And Finance SWP 2006/16

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Doucouliagos, H., and Ulubasoglu, M., Democracy and Economic Growth: A Meta-Analysis, Deakin University Faculty of Business and Law School Of Accounting, Economics And Finance, SWP 2006/04

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Doucouliagos, H., Laroche, P., Stanley, T.D., Publication Bias In Union-Productivity Research? Deakin University Faculty Of Business And Law School Of Accounting, Economics And Finance SWP 2004/17

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