肖恩 罗斯高 | 发表和评估经济学家的研究：公共卫生领域的经验教训【转】
*中文标题和摘要系简单翻译，可能存在部分错误，请以英文为准
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作者：Sean Sylviaa， ScottRozelle
重点：
经济学的最终目标是产生知识以解决社会问题。
在顶级期刊上发表的激励措施会阻碍整体知识的产生。
公共卫生领域的出版规范为经济学家提供了一些有益的经验教训。
摘要：
我们着重指出经济学界日益关注的问题，即年轻学者面临的激励措施与开展研究以扩大知识和解决紧迫的政策问题不符。在顶级期刊上发表的论文所占的溢价导致了对狭义问题的详尽处理。详细、稳健识别的关于新问题的研究具有不可否认的价值；然而，就研究数量和政策相关性而言，进行此类研究的机会成本很高。对于旨在实现我们认为的学术研究最终目标（增强对世界的了解，解决社会问题以及建立基础知识以实现未来突破）的经济学家，我们从公共卫生领域的出版哲学中提供一些见解。 我们讨论公共卫生如何围绕出版制定出更成功地实现这些最终目标的规范。然后，我们为中国的年轻经济学家和经济学学科提供关于潜在教训的思路。
Abstract
We highlight a growing concern in the economics profession that young scholars face incentives that are misaligned with conducting research that furthers knowledge and addresses pressing policy problems. The premium given to publication in top journals leads to an emphasis on exhaustive treatment of narrow questions. Detailed, robustly identified studies of novel questions are of undeniable value; however, the opportunity cost of producing such studies is large in terms of research quantity and policy relevance. For economists who aim to achieve what we view as the ultimate goals of academic research (enhancing understanding of the world, solving social problems, and building foundational knowledge to enable future breakthroughs), we offer some insights from publication philosophy in the field of public health. We discuss how public health has developed norms around publishing that are more successful in meeting these ultimate goals. We then offer thoughts on potential lessons for young economists in China and the economics discipline.
原文链接（点击“阅读原文”跳转）：
http://doi.org/10.1016/j.chieco.2021.101601
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