[open-economics] OD Literature Review @ EconOKFN

Tue Jan 15 16:50:14 UTC 2013

Dear Thomas,

Once the list is a bit longer we can add it to the website as a resource in
the knowledge and data resource base. I think a spreadsheet is fine at the
moment - it has lower entry costs for entry of new contributors. I have
added four more reports that I know of relating to open data - not
necessarily only about the benefits however, but giving a broader picture.

I don't think for any of these reports / studies you would be able to get
an independent and dependent variable - even if such regression experiments
were done in order to provide "quantitative evidence" - as I know was the
case for the Deloitte report - nothing came out to be statistically
significant - it is simply very difficult to measure how open data affect
the entire society or the economy in quantitative terms. It is doing a
macro analysis of micro interactions. Would you use number of open data
releases by the government as an input variable? Innovation as output? How
do you measure them?

You might want to check out the work of the Open Data User Group, as their
task is exactly to establish what the benefits of open data are. Maybe they
have given some thought on measurement.

Does anybody else have ideas on this or publications to add? [Link to
document<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AuDEHPyrFCQFdDVqXzZ5QjMtOXFYZnJkamhaSkJQSEE>
]

These are of course just policy and NGO reports, maybe there are other
studies from the academic literature with some more interesting evidence?

Best

Velichka

On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 11:17 AM, Thomas Kandler <hallo at thomaskandler.net>wrote:

>  Dear Velichka, dear Anders,
>
> it's really great to receive some feedback from you. I am currently
> putting the finishing touches on my master's thesis - so time is valuable
> for me these days. I certainly can start the collection after I wrapped
> everything up by just exporting the relevant papers from my .bib-files.
>
> The intention behind my request at the OKFN OEcon-group was to secure some
> ressources for stuff like this (as well as finding great folks like you).
> It's perfectly fine having this at Google for the first steps but it would
> a blast if we can somehow manage to get a wiki-page or some other ressource
> at OKFN. It would be a pity to work on a list which is only visible to
> those on the mailing list and will soon to be forgotten because no one
> really feels exactly responsible for it.
>
> So, anyhow - I started a spreadsheet consisting only of the table header.
> Feel free to edit the hell out of it:
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AuDEHPyrFCQFdDVqXzZ5QjMtOXFYZnJkamhaSkJQSEE
>
> I will join you later on; after getting my thesis finished. :)
>
>
> All the best
> Thomas
>
>
>
> Am 13.12.2012 18:06, schrieb Velichka Dimitrova:
>
> Dear Thomas,
>
>  I think a wiki would be a good idea - I don't have experience in that
> but what don't we start with an open Google document where we can share a
> list and draft a structure for what the wiki page would be.
>
>  Would you like to start that?
>
>  Best wishes,
>
>  Velichka
>
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 8:27 AM, Thomas Kandler <hallo at thomaskandler.net>wrote:
>
>> Ahoi there,
>>
>> I was recently making a comment about starting some kind of scientific
>> literature review (or literature list) on the benefits of open data [1].
>> Guo seemed to be quite approving of this idea and I wondered whether the
>> OKFN can provide resources (I am aiming at an easily accessible,
>> long-lasting wikipage) for proceeding in this matter. This may be a very
>> silly question but I am really not too familiar with the possibilities you
>> have. So, if you could give me a hint where to start, I would be most
>> delighted.
>>
>> Have a nice day & cheers
>> Thomas
>>
>> [1]
>> http://openeconomics.net/2012/10/03/the-benefits-of-open-data-evidence-from-economic-research/
>>
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