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Coauthorship and publication efficiency

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This study extends a recent paper by Jean Louis Heck and Peter A. Zaleski [1991] on trends in economics journal publication from 1969–89. The primary purpose of the work is to analyze the impact on article production of an observed dramatically increasing tendency toward coauthorship among scholars in economics. A simple model is tested with total (per capita) articles as a function of time, American Economic Association (AEA) membership, and articles coauthored per year. Results suggest that the increasing trend toward coauthorship enhances productivity in total and per-capita article production.

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  1. Garey C. Durden
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  2. Timothy J. Perri
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The authors would like to thank Gary Shelley, Janet K. Smith, Peter Zaleski, and an anonymous referee for comments on previous versions of this paper.

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Durden, G.C., Perri, T.J. Coauthorship and publication efficiency. Atlantic Economic Journal 23, 69–76 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02298991

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