Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/149263 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 6176
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
This paper incorporates publication uncertainty in a game between researchers and journal editors and examines its effects on quantity and quality of published research. A stylized differential Stackelberg game between journal editors and academic authors is considered, where authors seek to maximize satisfaction from publications, while journal editors try to enhance reputations of their journals. Publication probability depends on the number of academic journals. Results show that greater journal competition, generally leading to reduced publication uncertainty, would increase author payoffs by increasing citations and publications. However, it is not clear whether the quality of published research is enhanced. Thus, changes in competition in publishing markets have the potential to exacerbate the quantity-quantity trade offs in research markets.
Subjects: 
publication uncertainty
journals
publications
citations
research quality
authors
editors
JEL: 
A11
A14
C79
L19
Document Type: 
Working Paper
Appears in Collections:

Files in This Item:
File
Size





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.