THE MATTHEW EFFECT DEFINED AND TESTED FOR THE 100 MOST PROLIFIC ECONOMISTS

The Matthew effect has that often-cited papers/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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Year of publication:	2007-08
Authors:	Tol, Richard S.J.
Institutions:	Forschungsstelle Nachhaltige Umweltentwicklung (ZMK), Universität Hamburg
Subject:	Matthew effect \| increasing returns to scale \| citation analysis

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Number FNU-143 18 pages
Classification:	A10 - General Economics. General
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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