Title length

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Bramoulle, Y. and Ductor, L. 2018. Title length. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 150, pp. 311-324. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2018.01.014
TypeArticle
TitleTitle length
AuthorsBramoulle, Y. and Ductor, L.
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.

PublisherElsevier
JournalJournal of Economic Behavior and Organization
ISSN0167-2681
Publication dates
Online01 Feb 2018
Print01 Jun 2018
Publication process dates
Deposited17 Jan 2018
Accepted16 Jan 2018
Output statusPublished
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© 2018. This author's accepted manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2018.01.014
LanguageEnglish
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