The Matthew effect for cohorts of economists

Richard Tol

Journal of Informetrics, 2013, vol. 7, issue 2, 522-527

Abstract: This paper applies the Ijiri–Simon test for systematic deviations from Gibrat's law to citation numbers of economists. It is found that often-cited researchers attract new citation numbers that are disproportionate to the quality of their work. It is also found that this Matthew effect is stronger for economists who started their academic career earlier.

Keywords: Matthew effect (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2013.02.001

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