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Network effects or rent extraction? Evidence from editorial board rotation

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  • Lorenzo Ductor

    (Department of Economic Theory and Economic History, University of Granada.)

  • Bauke Visser

    (Erasmus University Rotterdam and Tinbergen Institute)

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A department’s yearly publication count in a journal increases when a member of the department joins the journal’s editorial board. The common interpretation of this fact—that during the board member’s tenure, departmental colleagues publish more—is inaccurate. In a sample of 106 economics journals covering 1990-2011, we estimate that of the observed increase in the publication count, 73 per cent is (co-)authored by board members themselves. Their single-authored papers in a journal receive significantly less citations if they are on that journal’s editorial board. We find no evidence that they discover attractive papers among their colleagues that otherwise wouldn’t be published.

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  • Lorenzo Ductor & Bauke Visser, 2022. "Network effects or rent extraction? Evidence from editorial board rotation," ThE Papers 22/13, Department of Economic Theory and Economic History of the University of Granada..
    • Handle: RePEc:gra:wpaper:22/13
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    Keywords

    Editorial boards; Networks; Colleague; Coauthor; Rent extraction; Publishing;
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    JEL classification:

    • A11 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Role of Economics; Role of Economists
    • A14 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Sociology of Economics
    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives

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