First-author conditions: evidence from finance journal coauthorship

Christopher Brown, Kam Chan and Carl Chen

Applied Economics, 2011, vol. 43, issue 25, 3687-3697

Abstract: We study the trend and the author name-ordering rule in finance publication using the publication records of 21 core finance journals during the period from 1990 to 2004. We empirically model the underlying factors that affect the alphabetical ordering rule among multi-authored finance articles. We find that the choice of alphabetical ordering is based on the quality of the article, institutional heterogeneity, team size and cultural factors. The central argument rests upon the need to signal and the importance of signalling within the context of bargaining behaviour among coauthors. The probability of choosing alphabetical name ordering rule is associated with high article quality, higher ranked institutions, smaller research team and the presence of European authors.

Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1080/00036841003689739

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