Principles for ethical behavior in the context of research are codified into rules that may change over time to meet peoples’ needs in specific institutions, including universities and professional associations. This paper aims to spark discussion about a set of ethical choices beyond those addressed by an IRB or recent association policy statements. Our specific focus is topic selection and the role of researchers’ interests and incentives in determining the kinds of research that we do. Using the principle of induced innovation, we show how changing incentives can influence the direction of research effort and thereby affect the kinds of policies or technologies that are supported by available evidence. With this paper, we hope to generate discussion among applied economists about selection bias in research and how we can use insights from economics itself to guide topic selection.

中文翻译：

---

IRB 之外的研究伦理：应用经济学中的选择偏差和创新方向

研究背景下的道德行为原则被编入规则，这些规则可能会随着时间的推移而改变，以满足特定机构（包括大学和专业协会）的人们的需求。本文旨在引发关于一系列伦理选择的讨论，这些选择超出了 IRB 或最近的协会政策声明所涉及的范围。我们特别关注主题选择以及研究人员的兴趣和激励在确定我们所做的研究类型中的作用。使用诱导创新原理，我们展示了不断变化的激励措施如何影响研究工作的方向，从而影响现有证据支持的政策或技术种类。有了这张纸，