TY  - JOUR
AU  - Ellison,Glenn
TI  - Is Peer Review in Decline?
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 13272
PY  - 2007
Y2  - July 2007
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w13272
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w13272.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Glenn Ellison
Department of Economics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
50 Memorial Drive, E52-380A
Cambridge, MA 02142-1347
Tel: 617/253-8702
Fax: 617/253-1330
E-Mail: gellison@mit.edu
AB  - Over the past decade there has been a decline in the fraction of papers in top economics journals written by economists from the highest-ranked economics departments. This paper documents this fact and uses additional data on publications and citations to assess various potential explanations. Several observations are consistent with the hypothesis that the Internet improves the ability of high-profile authors to disseminate their research without going through the traditional peer-review process.
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