The Economics Research in Brazil: An empirical Study of the Trade-off Between Quantity and Quality

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Autor(a) principal: novaes, Walter
Data de Publicação: 2008
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
eng
Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Economia (Online)
Texto Completo: https://periodicos.fgv.br/rbe/article/view/1105
Resumo: As several other professionals, economics researchers face a trade-off between quantity and quality. To evaluate this trade-off, I compare the publication records of 1209 professors of 54 top economics departments in the U.S. with the records of 94 professors in Brazil, who were awarded research grants by CNPq. The data show that, from 1999 to 2004, the CNPq researchers published a very small number of papers in international journals. Yet, they published more than their US peers, when we take into account publications in Brazilian journals. These findings suggest that the CNPq researchers sacrifice quality of research to achieve a larger number of publications.
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spelling The Economics Research in Brazil: An empirical Study of the Trade-off Between Quantity and QualityA Pesquisa em Economia no Brasil: Uma Avaliação Empírica dos Conflitos entre Quantidade e QualidadeAs several other professionals, economics researchers face a trade-off between quantity and quality. To evaluate this trade-off, I compare the publication records of 1209 professors of 54 top economics departments in the U.S. with the records of 94 professors in Brazil, who were awarded research grants by CNPq. The data show that, from 1999 to 2004, the CNPq researchers published a very small number of papers in international journals. Yet, they published more than their US peers, when we take into account publications in Brazilian journals. These findings suggest that the CNPq researchers sacrifice quality of research to achieve a larger number of publications.Como em várias outras atividades, a pesquisa em Economia internaliza um conflito entre qualidade e quantidade. Para avaliar tal conflito, este artigo documenta os trabalhos publicados entre 1999 e 2004 por 94 pesquisadores do CNPq e 1.209 pesquisadores de 54 centros americanos de referência em Economia. Os dados mostram que a média de publicações internacionais dos pesquisadores do CNPq é extremamente pequena, quando comparada com a de seus pares americanos com mesma orientação metodológica. Ainda assim, o número médio total das publicações dos pesquisadores no Brasil é estatisticamente maior, sugerindo um sacrifício de qualidade para aumentar o número de publicações.EGV EPGE2008-12-29info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionArticlesArtigosapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.fgv.br/rbe/article/view/1105Revista Brasileira de Economia; Vol. 62 No. 4 (2008); 467–495Revista Brasileira de Economia; v. 62 n. 4 (2008); 467–4951806-91340034-7140reponame:Revista Brasileira de Economia (Online)instname:Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)instacron:FGVporenghttps://periodicos.fgv.br/rbe/article/view/1105/748https://periodicos.fgv.br/rbe/article/view/1105/749novaes, Walterinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2009-03-05T20:07:58Zoai:ojs.periodicos.fgv.br:article/1105Revistahttps://periodicos.fgv.br/rbe/https://periodicos.fgv.br/rbe/oai||rbe@fgv.br1806-91340034-7140opendoar:2024-03-06T13:03:01.139199Revista Brasileira de Economia (Online) - Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)true
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title_short The Economics Research in Brazil: An empirical Study of the Trade-off Between Quantity and Quality
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description As several other professionals, economics researchers face a trade-off between quantity and quality. To evaluate this trade-off, I compare the publication records of 1209 professors of 54 top economics departments in the U.S. with the records of 94 professors in Brazil, who were awarded research grants by CNPq. The data show that, from 1999 to 2004, the CNPq researchers published a very small number of papers in international journals. Yet, they published more than their US peers, when we take into account publications in Brazilian journals. These findings suggest that the CNPq researchers sacrifice quality of research to achieve a larger number of publications.
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