Une association d’économistes, l’American Economic Association, adopte un ensemble de principes éthiques concernant la divulgation du financement et autres soutiens reçus pour leurs recherches, cela au moment où ils soumettent un texte pour publication.

« Under the new guidelines, economists and their close relatives and partners must name the interested parties who financially support the articles they submit to the association’s seven journals. If no such support exists, or if the author is bound by a nondisclosure agreement, those facts also must be noted.

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While he lauded the new guidelines as an important first step, Mr. DeMartino said they fell short of what was needed to change economists’ ethics. For example, the guidelines are silent on whether economists should avoid conflicts of interest in the first place, he said.

Scholars in other social-science disciplines have wrestled with the implications of their work for the people who are affected by their advice and policy analyses, he added. Similar thinking should be brought to economics, he said, because economists’ recommendations often have real effects on people’s lives and welfare, creating winners and losers. »

Pour en savoir plus et notamment connaître les principes, lire Economists Adopt New Disclosure Rules for Authors of Published Researc, par Dan Berrett, publié sur le site The Chronicle of Higher Education.