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Peer Review, Publication and the Diffusion of
Economic Knowledge
Joshua Gans
University of Toronto
WP@20000, July 2014
Publication and Peer Review Lags
• Working papers appear years before published work
• Working papers are not peer reviewed
• Almost: some are discussed at conferences
• Does publication mean anything?
• With 20,000 working papers and growing, what
identifiers should be on NBER ‘published’ work?
Web Repository Options
• Open access
• Comments and Conference Discussions
• Dataset links
• Versions
• Links to published works
• Links to press and summaries
• Citations
• Should the NBER provide peer review (that is then submitted to
journals)?

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The NBER Working Paper Series at 20,000 - Joshua Gans

  • 1. Peer Review, Publication and the Diffusion of Economic Knowledge Joshua Gans University of Toronto WP@20000, July 2014
  • 2. Publication and Peer Review Lags • Working papers appear years before published work • Working papers are not peer reviewed • Almost: some are discussed at conferences • Does publication mean anything? • With 20,000 working papers and growing, what identifiers should be on NBER ‘published’ work?
  • 3.
  • 4. Web Repository Options • Open access • Comments and Conference Discussions • Dataset links • Versions • Links to published works • Links to press and summaries • Citations • Should the NBER provide peer review (that is then submitted to journals)?