In this vein, Yichuan Wang and I found that Carmen Reinhart and Ken Rogoff’s results fell apart on reexamination. See:

• After Crunching Reinhart and Rogoff's Data, We Found No Evidence High Debt Slows Growth

• Examining the Entrails: Is There Any Evidence for an Effect of Debt on Growth in the Reinhart and Rogoff Data?

Also, don’t miss:

• Let's Set Half a Percent as the Standard for Statistical Significance