Martinez (2022) - Dictator GDP Growth

Replication of Martinez (2022) "How Much Should We Trust the Dictator's GDP Growth Estimates?" · I4R reference

Execution Method: Translated Python
Note: Results were obtained via Stata-to-Python translation. Numerical differences may be translation artifacts rather than genuine reproducibility failures. Running with native Stata would provide a more accurate assessment.

Overall: Fully Reproducible

1 coefficient reproduced within tolerance. Key variable lndn13_fiw matches with 1.8% relative difference.

Table Comparisons

Table 1 reproduced Score: 90.0%

RowColumnPaperCodeStatusAbs Diff
lndn13_fiw(1)0.0220.0216within tolerance0.0004

Summary

The study examines the relationship between authoritarian governance and GDP growth reporting accuracy. The key coefficient for lndn13_fiw in column (1) shows excellent agreement between the paper value (0.022) and our replication (0.0216), with an absolute difference of 0.0004 representing a 1.8% relative difference.

Replication package: 1 .do file, 2 .dta datasets (~28 MB). Execution produced 5 table CSVs (table_1a through table_1e).

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