Flawed Management Science Study on Sustainability and Stock Returns Continues to Be Cited Despite Evidence of Problems
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Summary
The article discusses a landmark study in Management Science that has been cited over 6,000 times and referenced by Wall Street executives, government officials, and a former U.S. Vice President, but is allegedly fatally flawed. It examines how institutional failures in the scholarly publication process undermine trust in science, focusing on a case where a flawed study on sustainability and stock returns continues to be cited despite evidence of its problems. The piece highlights the failure of academic gatekeepers (editors, reviewers, research-integrity officers) to address these issues and the broader implications for scientific credibility.
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For a long time, I [King] resisted the accumulating evidence that our institutions for curating trustworthy science were failing.
I believed our academic gatekeepers–editors, reviewers, and research-integrity officers–were quietly doing their jobs. Overstretched, but nevertheless, curating a trustworthy body of knowledge.
Article URL: https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/01/22/aking/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46752151
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