Journal of Political Economy
Data Editor Website

This website provides relevant information regarding the Data and Code Availability Policy and pre-acceptance reproducibility checks implemented at the JPE.

Schematic overview of the process:

flowchart TD
  X(Paper<br>conditionally accepted) --> A
  A(Author fills out <br> Data Availability Form) --> B(Data Editor<br>sends <i>private</i><br>upload link)
  B --> C{Checks pass}
  C --> D[Yes: author uploads<br>to dataverse]
  C --> E[No: package goes<br>back to authors]
  E --> B

Reproducibility Process. Notice that confidential data can be shared with the Data Editor for the purpose of checks, while it will be excluded from the published package on dataverse.

Please consider the following steps:

1. Read the JPE Policy

2. Before Submitting Your Package

3. Preparing the package

4. Best Practices

5. Frequently Asked Questions