Evolution of Social Norms with Heterogeneous Preferences: A General Model and an Application to the Academic Review Process

Ofer Azar

No 602, Working Papers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Economics

Abstract: The article presents a model of social norm evolution, which suggests how the increase in optimal and actual first response times (FRT) of economics journals can be related. When the optimal FRT and the norm about how much time refereeing should take increase, it seems that the existence of a norm increases the average refereeing time. The model suggests the surprising result that this is not necessarily true. I also discuss applications of the model in other contexts, differences in the optimal FRT between disciplines, the effects of the FRT on the tenure process, and strategic behavior of referees

Keywords: social norms; evolution; turnaround times; refereeing; review process (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A10 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32 pages
Date: 2006
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Journal Article: Evolution of social norms with heterogeneous preferences: A general model and an application to the academic review process (2008)
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