Recent Trends in Co-Authorship in Economics: Evidence from RePEc
13 Pages Posted: 22 Sep 2015
Date Written: August 22, 2015
Abstract
This articles investigates the recent trends in co-authorship in economics. Using data from more than 700.000 journal articles we show that the average number of authors per article has increased over the last years. This process is likely to be continued in the future. In a regression analysis we present evidence how the authorship of papers is related to the number of citations, the JEL classification, the number of journal pages and the length of the title.
Keywords: co-authorship, economics, trends, RePEc
JEL Classification: A120, A140
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Rath, Katharina and Wohlrabe, Klaus, Recent Trends in Co-Authorship in Economics: Evidence from RePEc (August 22, 2015). CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5492, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2663991 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2663991
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