Table 1 Article Characteristics: Averages
ALLAPSAMPSA
Number of authors1.361.371.36
Solo-authored70.9%71.2%70.7%
Affiliation rank
  [1, 10]11.8%12.4%11.3%
  [11, 100]39.9%41.3%38.9%
  [101, N)48.3%46.2%49.8%
Any author has a publication43.7%53.5%36.8%
(No. publications) × (avg. impact factor)2.903.732.31
Any author has a paper in SSRN16.2%19.9%13.5%
n29,14212,07017,072
  • Notes: Observations are at the article level. We use institution rankings from Hix (2004) and use the highest-ranking affiliation among the article authors. The variable (no. publications) × (avg. impact factor) refers to the total number of publications by the paper authors multiplied by the average journal impact factor for these publications.