A Theory of Extramarital Affairs

Ray C. Fair

Journal of Political Economy, 1978. DOI 10.1086/260646

Has this study been replicated?

The atlas records 2 reproductions of this study. Recorded outcomes: 1 mixed, 1 failed.

Predictor relevance and extramarital affairs, Li & Racine (2004). Journal of Applied Econometrics. Outcome recorded: computation not checked, robustness challenges. Robustness: We find evidence suggesting that the number of years married is not a relevant predictor of the propensity to engage in extramarital affairs having controlled for other factors. Read from Robustness: abstract. View paper
Retesting Fair's (1978) model on infidelity, Wells (2003). Journal of Applied Econometrics. Outcome recorded: computational issues, robustness not checked. Computational: Indeed, my results concerning the tests when applied to Fair's well‐known model for infidelity (1978) are the opposite of those presented in this journal. Read from Computational: abstract. View paper

Fair, R. C. (1978). A Theory of Extramarital Affairs. Journal of Political Economy, 86(1), 45–61. https://doi.org/10.1086/260646