European Business Schools Librarian's Group
ESSEC Working Papers,
ESSEC Research Center, ESSEC Business School
No DR 06021: The "Read or Write" Dilemma in Academic Production: A European Perspective
Damien Besancenot (), Kim Huynh () and Radu Vranceanu ()
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Damien Besancenot: LEM and University of Paris 2, Postal: 92 rue d'Assas, 75006 PARIS, FRANCE
Kim Huynh: LEM and University of Paris 2, Postal: 92 rue d'Assas, 75006 PARIS, FRANCE
Radu Vranceanu: ESSEC Business School, Postal: Avenue Bernard Hirsch - B.P. 50105, 95021 CERGY-PONTOISE Cedex , FRANCE
Abstract: This paper investigates the production of research in business and economics. A scholar's income is positively related to the quantity and quality of research. In turn, the quality of a paper depends on the scholar's human capital and the external production of research. The individual scholar is subject to a trade-off between writing more papers or reading in order to upgrade her skills. In the Nash symmetric equilibrium, the quantity and quality of published papers are jointly determined. Under reasonable assumptions about the research production process, in equilibrium researchers write too many papers of a too low quality, as compared to the cooperative outcome. Policy implications can be inferred from the model.
Keywords: Incentives for Publication; Congestion Effect; Research Quality; Publications; Research; Research Management
21 pages, December 2006
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