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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.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: CREMA Working Paper ; No. 2009-29
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Wirtschaft
Institutions: Design, Formation, Operations, and Impact
Higher Education; Research Institutions
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Academia
Economists
Publication
Journals
Incentives
Economic methodology
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Frey, Bruno S.
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Veröffentlichung
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Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA)
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Basel
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2009
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- Last update
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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