TRENDS IN INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATION OF AUTHORS WHO PUBLISH IN THE 3 LEADING GENERAL INTEREST ECONOMICS JOURNALS

Trends in the institutional affiliation of authors of papers published in the American Economic Review, the Journal of Political Economy, an d the Quarterly Journal of Economics are traced over the last four dec ades. The share of pages published in these three journals that were a uthored by faculty at universities employing the most prolific publish ers declined markedly around 1970. Possible explanations include the e xpanded use of double-blind refereeing, the establishment of editorial committees, and increased emphasis on publishing at a broader set of research colleges and universities.