Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/30125 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
MAGKS Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics No. 2008,04
Publisher: 
Philipps-University Marburg, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Marburg
Abstract: 
Using a simple OLG model where the research output of one generation provides inputs for the next, the paper explains how quality standards can become established in scientific competition. Researchers seek status, which they get if their results are used by the next generation. Quality is hereditary in the sense that input quality affects output quality. Hereditary quality allows for simple coordination on quality standards.
Subjects: 
economics of science
methodology of economics
product quality
quality standards
scientific competition
JEL: 
D02
L31
O31
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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