Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/214456 
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Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
CREMA Working Paper No. 2009-29
Publisher: 
Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA), Basel
Abstract: 
Academic economists today are caught in a "Publication Impossibility Theorem System" or PITS. In order to further their careers, they are required to publish in A-journals, but for the vast majority this is impossible because there are few slots open for them 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, and losers may react in a harmful way. This article suggests several ways to remedy this situation.
Subjects: 
Academia
Economists
Publication
Journals
Incentives
Economic methodology
JEL: 
A1
D02
I23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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