Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/98845 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
RatSWD Working Paper No. 239
Publisher: 
Rat für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsdaten (RatSWD), Berlin
Abstract: 
Mandatory data disclosure is an essential feature for credible empirical work but comes at a cost: First, authors might invest less in data generation if they are not the full residual claimants of their data after their first publication. Second, authors might strategically delay the time of submission of papers in order to fully exploit their data in subsequent research. We analyze a three-stage model of publication and data disclosure. We derive exact conditions for positive welfare effects of mandatory data disclosure. However, we find that the transition to mandatory data disclosure has negative welfare properties if authors delay strategically.
Subjects: 
data disclosure policy
strategic delay
welfare effects
JEL: 
B40
C80
L59
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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