Trends in multi-authored papers in economics

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A study of eight leading American and British journals, both generalist and quantitative, shows that the proportion of multi-authored papers in economics has risen consistently since 1974. The technical and theoretical growth of the discipline and the upgradation of technology have made multiple authorship more feasible and collaboration simpler. Though multi-authorship makes for efficient division of labor, it involves compromise of approach and purpose and incur costs of organization and communication. The trend has also compromised on quality in the professional incentive to combine efforts.

Authorship, Artistic collaboration, Economics literature

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Does studying economics discourage cooperation? Watch what we do, not what we say or how we play

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Learning of individualistic utility maximizing model of human behavior hardly induces non-cooperation among the students of economics. Although the rational motive of macroeconomics is based on self-centered behaviour, yet it also encourages interdependence in terms of trade. The George Washington University's sample survey reveals that the real life attitude of economics students is more responsive to cooperation, compared to the students of other subjects. This calls for the judgement based on acts and not on words.

Analysis, Influence, Cooperation (Economics), Cooperation, Cooperativeness

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What has economics to say about racial discrimination?

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Standard economic analysis can illuminate the causal factors behind racial discrimination. The theory of statistical discrimination, for instance, assumes that employers will rely on statistical judgments to attribute the variations in productivity between blacks and whites to the observable variable, race, rather than to the real causes which are rather unobservable. Still another plausible explanation for racial discrimination is the notion that social interactions breed discriminatory beliefs and preferences.

Social aspects, Economic aspects, African Americans, Race discrimination

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