Abstract
This paper provides a theoretical model for analyzing the behavior of peer-reviewed journals. It finds that, apart from natural human errors, inefficiencies arise purely for reasons of inter-journal strategic behavior. Specifically, as a result of competition, journals tend to set their quality cut-offs excessively low.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 229-232 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Economics Letters |
| Volume | 107 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 2010 |
Keywords
- Journal acceptance rate
- Market structure of journals
- Peer-review system