When Choices Are Mistakes

Kirby Nielsen, John Rehbeck

American Economic Review, 2022. DOI 10.1257/aer.20201550

Has this study been replicated?

The atlas records 1 replication and 1 reproduction of this study. Recorded outcomes: 1 successful, 1 mixed. The earliest on record is from 2026.

Reconsidering mistakes: reproduction and replication of Nielsen and Rehbeck (2022) (No, Bayle et al. (2026). Outcome recorded: successful. Finally, our high-powered online replication focusing on the IIA axiom confirms all three of the original study's results, albeit with a smaller effect size. Outcome read from the discussion.

Reconsidering mistakes: reproduction and replication of Nielsen and Rehbeck (2022) (No, Bayle et al. (2026). Outcome recorded: computationally reproducible, robust. Computational: Our direct reproduction yields the same proportions and pvalues as those reported in the paper for all main results. Table A3 in the online appendix summarizes the reproduced findings. We also reimplemented the authors' Stata code in R by strictly following their data analysis procedures and obtained consistent results. The R code is provided in our OSF depository. Outcome read from p. 15 - 16.

Nielsen, K., & Rehbeck, J. (2022). When Choices Are Mistakes. American Economic Review, 112(7), 2237–2268. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20201550