| By: |
Powdthavee, Nattavudh (University of Warwick);
Riyanto, Yohanes E. (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore);
Knetsch, Jack L. (Simon Fraser University) |
| Abstract: |
Publications in leading journals are widely known to have a positive impact on
economists' judgments of the value of authors' contributions to the literature
and on their professional reputations. Very little attention has been given,
however, to the impacts of the addition of publications in lower rated
journals on such judgments. In our main tests, we asked subsamples of
economists in 44 universities throughout the world to rate either a
publication list with only higher rated journals or a list with all of these
but with additional publications in nearly as many respected but lower rated
journals. Our primary finding was that the inclusion of lower rated journals
had a statistically significant negative impact on these economists' judgments
of the value of the author's contribution. To the extent that such judgments
may influence research and publication strategies our findings imply negative
implications on social welfare. |
| Keywords: |
lower ranked journals, publication, judgment bias, less-is-better effect, resume |
| JEL: |
A14 |
| Date: |
2017–04 |
| URL: |
http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iza:izadps:dp10752&r=sog |