At a minimum, one thing that we can hopefully convince you of is that our research methodology as designed is reasonably conceptually sound. If we're wrong in our research design, that's a problem regardless of anything else. But if our identification strategy is at least defensible if actually implemented correctly, that's a good start.
Having skeptical priors about research in general, whether incentives, error rates, or whatnot, is totally fair.
Having skeptical priors about research in general, whether incentives, error rates, or whatnot, is totally fair.