The Benefits of Being Economics Professor A (and not Z)

Arbeitspapier

Alphabetic name ordering on multi-authored academic papers_new, which is the convention in theeconomics discipline and various other disciplines, is to the advantage of people whose lastname initials are placed early in the alphabet. As it turns out, Professor A, who has been afirst author more often than Professor Z, will have published more articles and experienced afaster growth rate over the course of her career as a result of reputation and visibility.Moreover, authors know that name ordering matters and indeed take ordering seriously:Several characteristics of an author group composition determine the decision to deviatefrom the default alphabetic name order to a significant extent.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper ; No. 07-048/3

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Role of Economics; Role of Economists; Market for Economists ; Sociology of Economics ; Nonwage Labor Costs and Benefits; Retirement Plans; Private Pensions ; Professional Labor Markets; Occupational Licensing
• Thema: performance measurement ; incentives ; economists ; name ordering ; Ökonomen ; Reputation ; Bibliometrie ; Schätzung ; Welt

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): van Praag, C. Mirjam ; van Praag, Bernard M.S.
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Tinbergen Institute
• (wo): Amsterdam and Rotterdam
• (wann): 2007

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/86419
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ