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Product Quality in Scientific Competition

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Max Albert

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The paper presents a linear model of product quality in scientific competition. The only outputs of research are published papers; the only inputs are labor and papers by other researchers, which are cited when used. Researchers compete for status, measured as their rank in a citations count. If quality is hereditary in the production process, competition and self-fulfilling expectations can establish a quality scale.

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Paper provided by Max Planck Institute of Economics, Strategic Interaction Group in its series Discussion Papers on Strategic Interaction with number 2006-06.

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Length: 31 pages
Date of creation: May 2006
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Keywords: citations competition norms quality science

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L3 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise
O3 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Technological Change

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