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Co-authorship in Economics
Katharina Rath, Klaus Wohlrabe
ifo Institut, München, 2015
ifo Schnelldienst, 2015, 68, Nr. 16, 51-53
ifo Institut, München, 2015
ifo Schnelldienst, 2015, 68, Nr. 16, 51-53
It is a well-known phenomenon that the number of co-authors in economics papers has increased in the past three decades. Using the largest data-set to date, the authors show that there is a continuing trend towards more co-authors per article, which is likely to continue in the future.
JEL Classification: A000, H000