A theory of self-selection in a market with matching frictions: An application to delay in refereeing times in economics journals

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 344-360

  Lee, Sam Ho ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Delay in refereeing times; Matching friction; Self selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349464826     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2009.05.027     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Azar O.H. Rejections and the importance of first response times. International Journal of Social Economics 31 (2004) 259-274
2. Azar O.H. The slowdown in turnaround times of academic journals: can it be beneficial?. Economic Inquiry 45 (2007) 179-187
3. Becker G.S. A theory of marriage: Part I. Journal of Political Economy 81 (1973) 813-846
4. Burdett K., and Coles M.G. Marriage and class. Quarterly Journal of Economics 112 (1997) 141-168
5. Chade H. Matching with noise and the acceptance curse. Journal of Economic Theory 29 (2006) 81-112
6. Chade, H., Lewis, G., Smith, L., 2009. A Supply and Demand Model of the College Admissions Problem. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1358343.
7. Chakraborty, A., Citanna, A., Ostrovsky, M., 2009. Two-sided Matching with Interdependent Values. Available at http://faculty-gsb.stanford.edu/ostrovsky/papers/ivm.pdf.
8. Ellison G. The slowdown of the economics publishing process. Journal of Political Economy 110 (2002) 947-993
9. Ellison G. Evolving standards for academic publishing: a q-r theory. Journal of Political Economy 110 (2002) 994-1034
10. Ellison, G., 2007. Is Peer Review in Decline? NBER Working Paper No. W13272. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1002051.
11. Gale D., and Sharpley L.S. College admissions and stability of marriage. American Mathematical Monthly 69 (1962) 9-15
12. Laband D.N. Is there value-added from the review process in economics? Preliminary evidence from authors. Quarterly Journal of Economics 105 (1990) 341-352
13. Leslie D. Are delays in academic publishing necessary?. American Economic Review 95 (2005) 407-413
14. McCabe M.J., and Snyder C.M. Open access and academic journal quality. AEA Papers and Proceedings 95 (2005) 453-458
15. Montgomery J. Equilibrium wage dispersion and interindustry wage differentials. Quarterly Journal of Economics 106 (1991) 163-179
16. Shepherd G.B. Rejected: Leading Economists Ponder the Publication Process (1995), Thomas Horton and Daughters, Arizona
17. Trivedi P.K. An analysis of publication lags in econometrics. Journal of Applied Econometrics 8 (1993) 93-100
18. Yohe G.W. Current publication lags in economics journals. Journal of Economic Literature 18 (1980) 1050-1055