Social Ties in Academia: A Friend Is a Treasure

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Colussi, Tommaso
• 署名单位: IZA Institute Labor Economics
• 刊物名称: REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0034-6535
• DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00666
• 发表日期: 2018-03
• 页码: 45-50
• 关键词: economics; PRODUCTIVITY; journals; editors

摘要

This paper employs a unique data set on articles, authors, and editors of the top general interest journals in economics to investigate the role of social connections in the publication process. Ties between editors and authors are identified based on their academic histories. About 43% of the articles published in these journals are authored by scholars connected to one editor at the time of the publication. Ph.D. students and faculty colleagues of an editor also improve their publication outcomes when this editor is in charge of a journal.