| Abstract: | This study extends a recent paper by Jean Louis Heck and Peter A. Zaleski 1991] on trends in economics journal publication
from 1969–89. The primary purpose of the work is to analyze the impact on article production of an observed dramatically increasing
tendency toward coauthorship among scholars in economics. A simple model is tested with total (per capita) articles as a function
of time, American Economic Association (AEA) membership, and articles coauthored per year. Results suggest that the increasing
trend toward coauthorship enhances productivity in total and per-capita article production.
The authors would like to thank Gary Shelley, Janet K. Smith, Peter Zaleski, and an anonymous referee for comments on previous
versions of this paper. |
