Economists in the Pits?

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Research , Other literature type , Preprint 01 Jan 2009Embargo end date: 29 Nov 2011 Switzerland English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:SSRN Electronic Journal (eissn: 1556-5068,

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Authors: Frey, Bruno S;

doi: 10.2139/ssrn.1368653 , 10.2139/ssrn.1356489 , 10.1007/s12232-009-0081-x , 10.5167/uzh-51860 , 10.5167/uzh-28437

handle: 10419/26639 , 10419/214456 , 10419/214432

Economists in the Pits?

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Abstract

Academic economists today are caught in a “Publication Impossibility Theorem System” or PITS. To further their careers, they are required to publish in A-journals, but for the vast majority this isnimpossible because there are few slots open in such journals. Such academic competition maybe useful to generate hard work, however, there may be serious negative consequences: the wrong output may be produced in an inefficient way, the wrong people may be selected,nand losers may react in a harmful way. This paper suggests several ways to remedy this situation.

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Switzerland

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University of Basel
Switzerland
University of Zurich
Switzerland

Keywords

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