Year
2011
Authors
VRANCEANU Radu, BESANCENOT D., HUYNH K.
Abstract
This paper provides a dynamic analysis of the market for academic publications. Given imperfect information about journals’ editorial line, authors can sometimes target a wrong journal; in turn, the editor will desk-reject their paper. An equilibrium is defined as a situation where both editors and authors implement their optimal publication strategies, given the matching technology and the prevailing surplus sharing rule. The model can be solved for the equilibrium submission fee, desk rejection rate and ratio between the number of editors and the number of authors.
BESANCENOT, D., HUYNH, K. et VRANCEANU, R. (2011). A Matching Model of the Academic Publication Market. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 167(4), pp. 708-725.