@article{4a5b8cd52a3b49b18970386e0a138263,
title = "Journal Competition and the Quality of Published Research: Simultaneous versus Sequential Screening",
abstract = "We explore how the nature of the screening technology and the organization of the submission system affect the screening incentives of competing journals. We characterize the effect of market structure on screening by comparing a duopoly with a monopoly in the journal market. Exclusivity requirements for submissions induce more screening than systems with parallel submission. With sequential submissions, competition between journals induces adverse selection effects, whereby the average quality of the pool of submissions is degraded in response to acceptance of high-quality manuscripts. We outline how information exchange between journals impact on this adverse selection mechanism.",
keywords = "511 Economics, Imperfect screening, Sequential submissions, Simultaneous submissions, Delay",
author = "Thomas Gehrig and Rune Stenbacka",
note = "Funding Information: We are grateful for valuable comments from seminar participants at the IFN Conference in Vaxholm (Stockholm) 2013 and EARIE (Milan) 2014, and, in particular, our discussants Yossi Spiegel and Martin Peitz. We also thank two anonymous referees and the editor, Giacomo Calzolari, for excellent feedback and valuable suggestions that greatly helped to improve the paper. Stenbacka gratefully acknowledges financial support from the Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters. Funding Information: ? We are grateful for valuable comments from seminar participants at the IFN Conference in Vaxholm (Stockholm) 2013 and EARIE (Milan) 2014, and, in particular, our discussants Yossi Spiegel and Martin Peitz. We also thank two anonymous referees and the editor, Giacomo Calzolari, for excellent feedback and valuable suggestions that greatly helped to improve the paper. Stenbacka gratefully acknowledges financial support from the Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 Elsevier B.V. Copyright: Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "2021",
month = feb,
day = "19",
doi = "10.1016/j.ijindorg.2021.102718",
language = "English",
volume = "76",
journal = "International Journal of Industrial Organization",
issn = "0167-7187",
publisher = "Elsevier BV * North-Holland",
}
