Academic economists today are caught in a "Publication Impossibility Theorem System" or PITS. In order to further their … careers, they are required to publish in A-journals, but for the vast majority this is impossible because there are few slots … open for them in such journals. Such academic competition maybe useful to generate hard work; however, there may be serious …

Academic economists today are caught in a "Publication Impossibility Theorem System" or PITS. In order to further their … careers, they are required to publish in A-journals, but for the vast majority this is impossible because there are few slots … open for them in such journals. Such academic competition maybe useful to generate hard work; however, there may be serious …

; publication ; journals ; incentives ; economic methodology …Academic economists today are caught in a "Publication Impossibility Theorem Systemʺ or PITS. To further their careers … in such journals. Such academic competition is held to provide the right incentives for hard work, but there may be …

Academic economists today are caught in a quot;Publication Impossibility Theorem Systemquot; or PITS. To further their … careers, they are required to publish in A-journals, but for the vast majority this is impossible because there are few slots … open in such journals. Such academic competition maybe useful to generate hard work, however, there may be serious negative …

Academic economists today are caught in a "Publication Impossibility Theorem System" or PITS. To further their careers … in such journals. Such academic competition is held to provide the right incentives for hard work, but there may be …, they are required to publish in A-journals, but this is impossible for the vast majority because there are few slots open …

, past journal ratings conducted by the Handelsblatt and the German Economic Association (GEA) directly affect journals …' reputation among German economists and indirectly also their perceived relevance, but the effect on reputation is more than twice …

Updating the study by Seiler and Wohlrabe (2013) we use archetypoid analysis to classify top economists. The approach … from 776 top economists we identify four archetypoids. These types represent solid, low, top and diligent performer. Each …

Updating the study by Seiler and Wohlrabe (2013) we use archetypoid analysis to classify top economists. The approach … from 776 top economists we identify four archetypoids. These types represent solid, low, top and diligent performer. Each …