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Hypotheses·growth·oecd_pdb_small_open_economy_frontier_convergence

Small open OECD economies show conditional labour-productivity convergence toward the annual frontier.

INCONCLUSIVEengine/runs/oecd_pdb_small_open_economy_frontier_convergence

INCONCLUSIVE_DATA_PENDING — no outcome variable loaded; missing: ['oecd:OECD.SDD.TPS,DSD_PDB@DF_PDB,2.0']

confidence cueResult card produced; verdict unclassified.

policy briefCoverage too thin

In ordinary language

Over a long period, do more market-oriented institutions translate into higher income or productivity, once the comparison looks beyond a single success story?

plain answer

This test cannot make a firm call yet. no outcome variable loaded; missing: ['oecd:OECD.SDD.TPS,DSD_PDB@DF_PDB,2.0']

why it matters

Growth claims can look convincing in single success stories. This test asks whether the pattern survives a broader comparison.

how the test works

It compares 14 country or place units from 1971 to 2025, using a panel fe design, with fixed effects for country and year.

what was measured
What changed
  • Frontier gap lag
What we checked
  • Lp growth
what this does not prove

A single test is not the whole truth. It narrows the claim under a specific sample, time period, and method. Strong policy conclusions need the pattern to survive nearby tests, alternative data, and serious objections.

verification

No evidence packet has been generated yet.

Results

engine/runs/oecd_pdb_small_open_economy_frontier_convergence
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illustrative sketch · run pending
No coefficients yet. When the model fires, this chart will show lp_growth across 14 sampled countries over 1971–2025.
The shapes above are stylised — none of the lines are real data.
Placeholder for oecd_pdb_small_open_economy_frontier_convergence. Published chart will be generated from engine/runs/oecd_pdb_small_open_economy_frontier_convergence/chart_data.json.

Pre-registration

pre-registered
first-spec commit c48dfd6 · 2026-05-13T10:43:00Z
run generated · 2026-06-29T17:52:58Z

Small open OECD economies show conditional labour-productivity convergence toward the annual frontier.

Falsification criterion — what would disprove this

set before the run · honoured after

This hypothesis is considered falsified if:

Estimate `lp_growth ~ frontier_gap_lag + C(country) + C(year)` on the landed OECD PDB vintage; expected sign: positive. SUPPORTED requires the pre-registered sign at p<0.10 or the named dominance criterion; otherwise the result is partial or weak.

formal test & threshold
test:      oecd_pdb_batch03_oecd_pdb_small_open_economy_frontier_convergence
threshold: p<0.10 with pre-registered sign, except dominance tests compare the named contribution magnitudes

Method

Template
panel_fe
Fixed effects
country, year
Clustering
country
Sample
14 countries · 1971 – 2025
Evidence type
associational

Local first-pass throughput screen; upgrade robustness before scoreboard conversion.

Data

VariableSourceTransform
lp_growth
outcome
oecd:OECD.SDD.TPStier 2
growth_or_level_as_named
frontier_gap_lag
treatment
oecd:OECD.SDD.TPStier 2
lagged_level_or_change_as_named

● ready  · ● pending  · ● reconstruct-needed

Detailed result card

Result card — oecd_pdb_small_open_economy_frontier_convergence

Verdict: INCONCLUSIVE_DATA_PENDING — no outcome variable loaded; missing: ['oecd:OECD.SDD.TPS,DSD_PDB@DF_PDB,2.0']

Pre-registration

  • Claim: Small open OECD economies show conditional labour-productivity convergence toward the annual frontier.
  • Falsification rule: Estimate lp_growth ~ frontier_gap_lag + C(country) + C(year) on the landed OECD PDB vintage; expected sign: positive. SUPPORTED requires the pre-registered sign at p<0.10 or the named dominance criterion; otherwise the result is partial or weak.
  • Falsification test: oecd_pdb_batch03_oecd_pdb_small_open_economy_frontier_convergence

Estimate

  • Error: no outcome variable loaded; missing: ['oecd:OECD.SDD.TPS,DSD_PDB@DF_PDB,2.0']

Variables resolved

Variables missing data

  • oecd:OECD.SDD.TPS,DSD_PDB@DF_PDB,2.0 (outcome, name=lp_growth) — vintage not on disk
  • oecd:OECD.SDD.TPS,DSD_PDB@DF_PDB,2.0 (treatment, name=frontier_gap_lag) — vintage not on disk

Generated by scripts/run_panel_fe.py at 2026-06-29T17:52:58+00:00

Strongest opposing argument

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