Conferencia «The Value of Connections to Power: the case of editors in economics»

Conferencia a cargo del Profesor Lorenzo Ductor (Universidad de Granada).

Resumen: We measure the value of connections with editorial boards by identifying the causal effect of board membership on publication success using membership rotation in a sample of 105 economics journals over the period 1990-2011. We find large effects, both at the aggregate and individual level. At the aggregate level, a department publishes, on average, 27% more articles in the journal when a faculty member is in the editorial board. At the individual level, co-authors, colleagues and mentees of an editorial board member publish 7%, 6% and 13% more articles in the journal, respectively. More editorial power, captured by the member’s role in the submission process, and long service on the editorial board lead to substantially larger increases. The effect is absent for Europe-based connected authors, equally strong for either gender and is stronger in generalist than in field journals. We analyze various mechanisms. We find no evidence for information flowing from the editorial board member to authors and little evidence of favoritism. The evidence is consistent with editors searching for papers in their networks and connections with board
members acting as quality signals.

• Fecha: Miércoles, 2 de octubre de 2019
• Lugar: Facultad Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Aula E26
• Horario: 12:30 h
• Organizan: Departamento de Teoría e Historia Económica y Departamento de Métodos Cuantitativos
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  • Ricardo Martínez
    Departamento de Teoría e Historia Económica
    ricardomartinez@ugr.es