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Economists in the PITS?

Academic economists today are caught in a "Publication Impossibility Theorem System" or PITS. In order to further their careers, they are required to publish in A-journals, but for the vast majority this is impossible because there are few slots open for them in such journals. Such academic competition maybe useful to generate hard work; however, there may be serious negative consequences: the wrong output may be produced in an inefficient way, the wrong people may be selected, and losers may react in a harmful way. This article suggests several ways to remedy this situation.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: CREMA Working Paper ; No. 2009-29

Classification
Wirtschaft
Institutions: Design, Formation, Operations, and Impact
Higher Education; Research Institutions
Subject
Academia
Economists
Publication
Journals
Incentives
Economic methodology

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Frey, Bruno S.
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA)
(where)
Basel
(when)
2009

Handle
Last update
10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET

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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Frey, Bruno S.
  • Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA)

Time of origin

  • 2009

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