信息高速公路上的拥堵:经济学有工作论文问题吗?

Lester Lusher, Winnie Yang, S. Carrell
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在经济学中,出版需要很长时间。因此,许多作者发布了他们论文的“工作”版本。利用NBER工作论文系列的数据,我们发现经济学研究的传播存在过度拥挤的问题:每周发布的工作论文数量的增加平均减少了每篇论文的下载、抽象观点和媒体关注。随后的发表和引用结果也会受到损害。此外,关于浏览量和下载量的描述性证据表明,工作论文在很大程度上取代了出版物的传播功能。这些结果突出了经济研究的传播效率低下,甚至在最独家的工作论文系列中也是如此,并表明由于出版过程缓慢而造成了巨大的社会损失。
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Congestion on the Information Superhighway: Does Economics Have a Working Papers Problem?
Publishing takes a long time in economics. Consequently, many authors release “working” versions of their papers. Using data on the NBER working paper series, we show that the dissemination of economics research suffers from an overcrowding problem: An increase in the number of weekly released working papers on average reduces downloads, abstract views, and media attention for each paper. Subsequent publishing and citation outcomes are harmed as well. Furthermore, descriptive evidence on viewership and downloads suggests working papers significantly substitute for the dissemination function of publication. These results highlight inefficiencies in the dissemination of economic research even among the most exclusive working paper series and suggest large social losses due to the slow publication process.
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