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Tactical Refereeing and Signaling by Publishing

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  • Sergey V. Popov

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Peer review is usually conducted to allocate limited resources, such as the budget of a funder or the pages of a journal. Limited capacity may bias peer evaluations, precisely because approving a peer's worthy project consumes capacity, jeopardizing the referee's own project's chances. I show that limiting capacity is inconsistent with a hypothesis that the decision‐maker desires to stimulate efforts. I show that the desire to strengthen the signaling message of the acceptance decision could lead to limiting the capacity, endogenously creating a tragedy of informational commons problem.

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  • Sergey V. Popov, 2026. "Tactical Refereeing and Signaling by Publishing," Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 79(1), pages 172-182, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:kyklos:v:79:y:2026:i:1:p:172-182
    DOI: 10.1111/kykl.70021
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    • C78 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Bargaining Theory; Matching Theory

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