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Efficiency in rewarding academic journal publications. The case of Poland

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  • Wojciech Charemza
  • Michal Lewandowski
  • Lukasz Wozny

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We consider the efficiency of a mechanism for incentivising publication in academic journals where a research supervisory body awards points for papers that appear in quality publications. Building on the principal-agent literature with hidden types, we assume that such a body wants to maximise the expected prestige of academic disciplines. It sets up a reward system so that researchers who are aiming to maximise their own rewards also maximise the objective function of the research supervisory body, through their submission decisions. The model is calibrated to the reward scheme introduced within the Polish higher education reform in 2018, for which a series of policy recommendations is given

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  • Wojciech Charemza & Michal Lewandowski & Lukasz Wozny, 2021. "Efficiency in rewarding academic journal publications. The case of Poland," KAE Working Papers 2021-062, Warsaw School of Economics, Collegium of Economic Analysis.
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    Keywords

    academic publications; efficient mechanisms; optimal categorisation;
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    JEL classification:

    • I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
    • C55 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Large Data Sets: Modeling and Analysis
    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
    • C53 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Forecasting and Prediction Models; Simulation Methods

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