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Co-authorship in Economics

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  • Katharina Rath
  • Klaus Wohlrabe

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It is a well-known phenomenon that the number of co-authors in economics papers has increased in the past three decades. Using the largest data-set to date, the authors show that there is a continuing trend towards more co-authors per article, which is likely to continue in the future.

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  • Katharina Rath & Klaus Wohlrabe, 2015. "Co-authorship in Economics," ifo Schnelldienst, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 68(16), pages 51-53, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:ces:ifosdt:v:68:y:2015:i:16:p:51-53
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