Stefan Weiergraeber

Stefan Weiergraeber

Assistant Professor of Economics

Indiana University

Welcome to my webpage! I am an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics at Indiana University. My research interests center on empirical industrial organization.

Research Statement

Teaching Statement

Interests
  • Industrial Organization
  • Applied Econometrics
  • Applied Microeconomics
Education
  • Ph.D. in Economics, 2015

    University of Mannheim, Germany

  • Diploma in Economics, 2010

    University of Mannheim, Germany

Publications

(2023). Estimating Industry Conduct Using Promotion Data. Forthcoming @ RAND.

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(2023). Alert the Inert? Switching Costs and Limited Awareness in Retail Electricity Markets. American Economic Journal: Microeconomics.

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(2023). Bidder Asymmetries in Procurement Auctions: Efficiency vs. Information. International Journal of Industrial Organization.

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(2022). Network Effects and Switching Costs in the US Wireless Industry. International Economic Review.

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Contributions to Crowd-Sourced Research Projects

Reproducibility in Management Science

With the help of more than 700 reviewers we assess the reproducibility of nearly 500 articles published in the journal Management Science before and after the introduction of a new Data and Code Disclosure policy in 2019. When considering only articles for which data accessibility and hard- and software requirements were not an obstacle for reviewers, the results of more than 95% of articles under the new disclosure policy could be fully or largely computationally reproduced. However, for almost 29% of articles at least part of the dataset was not accessible for the reviewer. Considering all articles in our sample reduces the share of reproduced articles to 68%. The introduction of the disclosure policy increased reproducibility significantly, since only 12% of articles accepted before the introduction of the disclosure policy voluntarily provided replication materials, out of which 55% could be (largely) reproduced. Substantial heterogeneity in reproducibility rates across different fields is mainly driven by differences in dataset accessibility. Other reasons for unsuccessful reproduction attempts include missing code, unresolvable code errors, weak or missing documentation, but also soft- and hardware requirements and code complexity. Our findings highlight the importance of journal code and data disclosure policies, and suggest potential avenues for enhancing their effectiveness.

Teaching

Office Hours

In Spring 2024, my office hours are Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, 9:00am to 10:15am. You will have to book an appointment at least 12 hours in advance here. Please note that all office hours take place virtually on Zoom.

Reference Letters

If you would like me to write a reference letter, please come to my office hours at least four weeks prior to your first application deadline. In order to assess whether I will be able to write an informative letter I need the following documents.

  • Curriculum Vitae
  • (Unofficial) Transcripts
  • Statement of Purpose
  • List of places you are applying to

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