Determinant of Co-authorship in economics: the French case

Damien Besancenot (1) , Kim Van Huynh (2) , Francisco V Serranito (3)

1 CEPN - Centre d'Economie de l'Université Paris Nord
2 LEM - Laboratoire d'Économie Moderne
3 LEO - Laboratoire d'Économie d'Orleans [UMR7322]

This paper aims at estimating the determinants of co-authorship in economics. More specifically, we test if there is a relationship between the efficiency in research of an individual and that of his co-authors using a novel database of French academics. The main empirical result is that the number and the quality of a researcher's co-authors reflect the productivity of this researcher.

Mots clés: coauthorship; bibliometrics

Domaines: Economies et finances

Damien Besancenot, Kim Van Huynh, Francisco V Serranito. Determinant of Co-authorship in economics: the French case. Economics Bulletin, 2015, Volume 35 (Issue 1). ⟨hal-01384671⟩