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The "Read or Write" Dilemma in Academic Production: A European Perspective

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Besancenot, Damien () (LEM and University of Paris 2)
Huynh, Kim () (LEM and University of Paris 2)
Vranceanu, Radu () (ESSEC Business School)

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This paper investigates the production of research in business and economics. A scholar's income is positively related to the quantity and quality of research. In turn, the quality of a paper depends on the scholar's human capital and the external production of research. The individual scholar is subject to a trade-off between writing more papers or reading in order to upgrade her skills. In the Nash symmetric equilibrium, the quantity and quality of published papers are jointly determined. Under reasonable assumptions about the research production process, in equilibrium researchers write too many papers of a too low quality, as compared to the cooperative outcome. Policy implications can be inferred from the model.

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Paper provided by ESSEC Research Center, ESSEC Business School in its series ESSEC Working Papers with number DR 06021.

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Date of creation: Dec 2006
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Keywords: Incentives for Publication; Congestion Effect; Research Quality; Publications; Research; Research Management;

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A11 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Role of Economics; Role of Economists
D89 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Other
M21 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting - - Business Economics - - - Business Economics

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  1. Besancenot, Damien & Vranceanu, Radu, 2006. "Can Incentives for Research Harm Research? A Business Schools Tale," ESSEC Working Papers DR 06003, ESSEC Research Center, ESSEC Business School. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Rajeev K. Goel & João Ricardo Faria, 2007. "Proliferation Of Academic Journals: Effects On Research Quantity And Quality," Metroeconomica, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 58(4), pages 536-549, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  5. JOÃO RICARDO FARIA & GONÇALO MONTEIRO, 2008. "The Tenure Game: Building Up Academic Habits," The Japanese Economic Review, Japanese Economic Association, vol. 59(3), pages 370-380. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  6. João Ricardo Faria, 2003. "What type of economist are you: -strategist or -strategist?," Journal of Economic Studies, Emerald Group Publishing, vol. 30(2), pages 144-154, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Besancenot, Damien & Faria, Joao Ricardo & Vranceanu, Radu, 2008. "Why Business Schools Do So Much Research: A Signaling Explanation," ESSEC Working Papers DR 08002, ESSEC Research Center, ESSEC Business School. [Downloadable!]
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