Scientific networks and co-authorship

Using a database of all published articles in economic journals over the last 30 years, we investigate the determinants of scientific co-authorship. We find that, controlling for pair-wise fixed effects and author productivity, a new collaboration emerges faster if the two authors are more closely c...

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Hauptverfasser: Fafchamps, M, J. van der Leij, M, Goyal, S
Format: Working paper
Veröffentlicht: University of Oxford 2006