Coauthor Favoritism in the Review of Financial Studies?

Abstract

This study examines whether the coauthors of executive editors of the Review of Financial Studies published more papers during the editor’ tenure. The paper finds that not all executive editors are created equal concerning their impartiality toward their coauthors. The results show that George Andrew Karolyi’s coauthors published more articles during his tenure relative to the control period and that, proxied by the number of citations, the quality of those articles were lower.

Keywords: Editorial Process; Journal Editor; Favoritism; Coauthor; Academic Networking

JEL Classification: A10; A11; A14; A19; I23; I24; J44