Why do economists publish less?

Yuret T.

APPLIED ECONOMICS LETTERS, cilt.21, sa.11, ss.760-762, 2014 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 21 Sayı: 11
  • Basım Tarihi: 2014
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/13504851.2014.889792
  • Dergi Adı: APPLIED ECONOMICS LETTERS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.760-762
  • İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

We estimate that the economists publish much less than their colleagues in natural sciences, health and engineering disciplines even after we control for the quality of the publications. A possible explanation for the poor performance of economists is that the journals specialized in economics have a smaller capacity.