Reproducible Research Workflows

As top economics and finance journals now mandate code and data sharing, ensuring credibility and longevity of scholarly work is essential. The maintainers of Tidy Finance hence developed a workshop that equips participants with tools and techniques for reproducibility, effective communication, and efficient collaboration. Participants can bring existing research projects to reflect upon and improve their workflows with guidance from instructors and peers. Prior programming experience is beneficial but not required, as the workshop covers foundational knowledge alongside advanced reproducibility techniques applicable to any programming language.

Key Learnings

Structuring research projects
How to incorporate project-oriented workflows, safe paths, and best practices for file naming
Tidy data principles
How to deal with any kind of messy data and work with various data storage technologies
Tidy coding principles
How to write reproducible, readable, and maintainable code
Version control
How to track collaborative projects and enhance accountability of published results
Literate programming
How to create reproducible and effective documents
Development environments
How to consistently and efficiently maintain projects

About the Instructors

The workshop is conducted by members of the Tidy Finance project team, which promotes a transparent, open-source approach to financial economics research. Alongside authoring the books Tidy Finance with R and Tidy Finance with Python (both Chapman & Hall/CRC), they have published in leading academic journals, including the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Finance, and Journal of Econometrics.

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Christoph Scheuch

Independent Expert in Finance & Data

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Stefan Voigt

Assistant Professor of Finance at University of Copenhagen

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Patrick Weiss

Assistant Professor of Finance at Reykjavik University

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Christoph Frey

Quantitative Researcher & Portfolio Manager

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Administrative Details

Our workshop can be booked either onsite or online, offering flexibility to accommodate your schedule. The online option allows sessions to be spread across several weeks or concentrated within a single week, depending on participant needs.

The standard workshop spans three days, featuring six teaching hours per day, and includes a mix of talks, discussions, and hands-on coding labs. For a more condensed experience, the workshop can be tailored to two days, focusing on talks and discussions, or a single day, covering talks only. For detailed pricing, please contact us.

Additionally, talks and discussions can be booked as standalone online sessions, with pricing determined by the session’s scope and timing. If desired, the workshop can include assignments and offer course credits. Reach out to us for a customized proposal.

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