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An International Meeting of American Accounting
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Concentration in the Major Business Journals: Evidence and Consequences for Accounting, Finance, Management, and Marketing |
Edward P Swanson
Texas A&M University
Christopher J Wolfe
Texas A&M University
Asghar Zardkoohi
Texas A&M University
Abstract: We first investigate how articles are distributed among universities in a set of 14 highly ranked academic business journals over 1990-2002. We find that concentration ratios are higher in accounting and finance than management or marketing. Much of the higher concentration occurs in privately sponsored journals, where faculty at private (public) schools publish a relatively high (low) portion of the articles.
Next, we investigate how articles are distributed among individuals. We learn that substantially fewer accounting faculty publish in a major journal, but the average number of articles by faculty who publish at least once exceeds that of finance, management or marketing. Further, we discover that successful accounting publishers are more likely to be affiliated with highly ranked research universities and private universities. Lastly, we examine if economic consequences arise from this concentration and find evidence of reduced promotion and merit pay.