Product Quality in a Simple OLG Model of Scientific Competition

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 heredi...

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发表在:MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics (Band 04-2008)
主要作者: Albert, Max
格式: Arbeit
语言:英语
出版: Philipps-Universität Marburg 2008
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总结: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.
DOI:10.17192/es2023.0191