Meta-Regression Analysis in Economics and Business

Meta-Regression Analysis in Economics and Businessis the first text devoted to the meta-regression analysis (MRA) of economics and business research. The book provides a comprehensive guide to conducting systematic reviews of empirical economics and business research, identifying and explaining the best practices of MRA, and highlighting its problems and pitfalls. These statistical techniques are illustrated using actual data from four published meta-analyses of business and economic research: the effects of unions on productivity, the employment effects of the minimum wage, the value of a statistical life and residential water demand elasticities. While it shares some features in common with these other disciplines, meta-analysis in economics and business faces its own particular challenges and types of research data. This volume guides new researchers from the beginning to the end, from the collection of research to publication of their research. This book will be of great interest to students and researchers in business, economics, marketing, management, and political science, as well as to policy makers.