effects on quantity and quality of published research. A stylized differential Stackelberg game between journal editors and … citations and publications. However, it is not clear whether the quality of published research is enhanced. Thus, changes in … competition in publishing markets have the potential to exacerbate the quantity-quantity trade offs in research markets. …

research productivity follows distinct life cycles. Using an encompassing data set portraying the research behavior of German … academic economists, we first show that research productivity crucially depends on career age and vintage. Based on the … research grants. We then go on to investigate the persistence of individual productivity. The Persistence issue is of special …

experimental research. Unfortunately, there exist no mechanisms to ensure replications are done. We propose such a mechanism …

We document economists' opinions about what is worth knowing and ask (i) which research objectives economic research … heterogeneous. Second, most researchers are dissatisfied with the status quo, in terms of both research topics and objectives. Third …, on average, respondents think that economic research should become more policy-relevant, multidisciplinary, risky and …

This study is intended to facilitate fair research evaluations in economics. Field- and time-normalization of citation … independent of research quality bias the results of citation analyses. We introduce two normalized indicators in economics, which …