| By: |
Co-Pierre Georg and Michael E. Rose |
| Abstract: |
In academia, informal collaboration is an integral element in the production
of knowledge. We construct the social network of informal collaboration using
acknowledgments of 2782 scholarly articles published in six journals in
financial economics. We rank financial economists according to their
centrality in the network and find that central commenters are not necessarily
the most central or the most productive authors. We explore the determinants
of high centrality rankings using detailed CV data for the most central
academics. A PhD from a better ranked department is associated with a better
centrality ranking. Seniority is associated with worse rankings, albeit at a
decreasing rate. |
| Keywords: |
Knowledge production, formal collaboration, informal collaboration, social network, acknowledgements |
| Date: |
2016 |
| URL: |
http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:rza:wpaper:571&r=sog |