| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7242541 | Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization | 2018 | 14 Pages |
Abstract
We document strong and robust negative correlations between the length of the title of an economics article and different measures of scientific quality. Analyzing all articles published between 1970 and 2011 and referenced in EconLit, we find that articles with shorter titles tend to be published in better journals, to be more cited and to be more innovative. These correlations hold controlling for unobserved time-invariant and observed time-varying characteristics of teams of authors.
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Authors
Yann Bramoullé, Lorenzo Ductor,