Economic, linguistic, and political factors in the scientific productivity of countries

Ernesto R. Gantman ()
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Ernesto R. Gantman: Universidad de Belgrano, Escuela de Economía y Negocios

Scientometrics, 2012, vol. 93, issue 3, No 24, 967-985

Abstract: Abstract This paper examines the influence of economic, linguistic, and political factors in the scientific productivity of countries across selected scientific disciplines. Using a negative binomial regression model, I show that the effect of these determinants is contingent upon the scientific field under analysis. The only variable that exerts a positive and significant effect across all disciplines is the size of the economy. The linguistic variable only has a positive influence in the social sciences as well as in medicine and agricultural sciences. In addition, it is also demonstrated that the degree of political authoritarianism has a negative and statistically significant effect in some of the selected fields.

Keywords: Scientific productivity; Economic development; Authoritarianism; Count models; 62H15; 62J99 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O10 O30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1007/s11192-012-0736-3

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