available evidence.12  The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) recently  launched an online repository of studies on the effects of financial regulations.13 The repository is an interactive tool, allowing the user to select and visualize findings from multiple studies. Beyond this, it also allows users to submit their own studies. Replicability is an important element of transparency.
Replicability ensures that policy decisions are based on robust evidence. This requires transparency about the models being used, access to data, and documentation of how studies are set up. Replication studies repeat an original analysis using different data and are thus especially useful for policy work.