Wasn't the idea already published in EL without AE using US data? If so, why does AE say this in an interview:
"We looked at the United States first and thought that maybe the findings were a fluke. But when we looked at 39 other countries, the results were the same."
https://hbr.org/2022/01/when-people-listen-to-happy-songs-the-market-outperforms
No, AE. "You" didn't look at the US and thought the findings were a fluke. The other three authors looked at the US and the results were credible enough to be published in a peer-reviewed journal.
Is this behavior ethical?
I get that AE got a top-3 pub and tons of attention with a replication study by adding his name. But does he think we are all dumb or something?
Also, how do the other three authors feel when the media ignore them completelty and write like it was all AE's work?