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The Matthew effect defined and tested for the 100 most prolific economists

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posted on 2023-06-08, 11:06 authored by Richard TolRichard Tol
The Matthew effect has that recognition is bestowed on researchers of already high repute. If recognition is measured by citations, this means that often-cited papers or authors are cited more often. I use the statistical theory of the growth of firms to test whether the fame of papers and authors indeed exhibits increasing returns to scale, and confirm this hypothesis for the 100 most prolific economists.

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  • Published

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Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

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1532-2882

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American Society for Information Science and Technology

Issue

2

Volume

60

Page range

420-426

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  • Economics Publications

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-04-18

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