Co-authorship in economic history and economics: are we any different?

Andrew J. Seltzer and Daniel Hamermesh

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Abstract: Over the last six decades there has been less co-authorship in leading economic history journals than in leading general economics journals. There has also been a strong, monotonic increase in co-authorship in economic history journals that roughly parallels general economics journals but sharply differs from leading history journals. Increased co-authorship cannot be explained by increasing use of econometrics or large data sets; rather, it is likely due to common changes in incentives facing economic historians and economists. Finally, co-authorships in economic history are more likely to be formed of individuals of different seniority compared to economics generally.

Keywords: co-authorship; economic history; economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B41 N01 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-04-06
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Published in Explorations in Economic History, 6, April, 2018, 69, pp. 102-109. ISSN: 0014-4983

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