Decline in Critical Commentary, 1963–2004
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Philip R. P. Coelho is of professor of economics at Ball State University. He has published in the American Economic Review, the Journal of…
Frederick De Worken-Eley III is a MBA Candidate at Santa Clara University (2006) He is interested in Social Benefit Entrepreneurship and pla…
James E. McClure (Ph.D., Purdue University, 1983) is Professor of Economics at Ball State University, where his research focus is microecono…
Abstract
Over the past four decades, top economics journals have virtually eliminated critical commentary (comments, replies, rejoinders, and the like). This article shows the data and discusses these steep declines in critical commentary. To the extent that critical commentary is beneficial to scientific inquiry, editorial opposition to critical commentary is detrimental to the advancement of economic knowledge.
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Philip R. P. Coelho is of professor of economics at Ball State University. He has published in the American Economic Review, the Journal of…
Frederick De Worken-Eley III is a MBA Candidate at Santa Clara University (2006) He is interested in Social Benefit Entrepreneurship and pla…
James E. McClure (Ph.D., Purdue University, 1983) is Professor of Economics at Ball State University, where his research focus is microecono…