; 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 …

) intensifies the competition: in particular, both top and mean realized scores increase. To tame incentives to provide excessively …

academic Economists in the UK. Characteristics associated with individual productivity and workplace features are found to be …

, 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 …