| Observations | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Min. | Max. | Total | APSA | MPSA | |
| Panel A: SSRN Data | |||||||
| No. of SSRN downloads (3 years after) | 9.14 | 55.74 | 0 | 4,437 | 29,142 | 12,070 | 17,072 |
| Posted in SSRN (3 years after) | 9.6% | 0 | 1 | 29,142 | 12,070 | 17,072 | |
| No. of SSRN downloads if in SSRN (3 years after) | 95.23 | 155.53 | 0 | 4,437 | 2,796 | 2,351 | 445 |
| Panel B: Google Scholar Data | |||||||
| Considering first 3 Google Scholar hits | |||||||
| Found in Google Scholar | 27.3% | 0 | 1 | 15,144 | 12,070 | 3,074 | |
| At least 1 citation (2 years after) | 11.0% | 0 | 1 | 15,144 | 12,070 | 3,074 | |
| At least 2 citations (2 years after) | 8.0% | 0 | 1 | 15,144 | 12,070 | 3,074 | |
| At least 5 citations (2 years after) | 4.3% | 0 | 1 | 15,144 | 12,070 | 3,074 | |
| At least 10 citations (2 years after) | 2.4% | 0 | 1 | 15,144 | 12,070 | 3,074 | |
| No. of citations (2 years after) | 1.00 | 7.75 | 0 | 355 | 15,144 | 12,070 | 3,074 |
| At least 1 citation (4 years after) | 17.0% | 0 | 1 | 15,144 | 12,070 | 3,074 | |
| At least 2 citations (4 years after) | 12.9% | 0 | 1 | 15,144 | 12,070 | 3,074 | |
| At least 5 citations (4 years after) | 8.3% | 0 | 1 | 15,144 | 12,070 | 3,074 | |
| At least 10 citations (4 years after) | 5.7% | 0 | 1 | 15,144 | 12,070 | 3,074 | |
| No of citations (4 years after) | 3.93 | 50.27 | 0 | 3,134 | 15,144 | 12,070 | 3,074 |
| Considering first 10 Google Scholar hits | |||||||
| At least 1 citation (4 years after) | 18.7% | 0 | 1 | 15,144 | 12,070 | 3,074 | |
| At least 2 citations (4 years after) | 14.3% | 0 | 1 | 15,144 | 12,070 | 3,074 | |
| At least 5 citations (4 years after) | 9.4% | 0 | 1 | 15,144 | 12,070 | 3,074 | |
| At least 10 citations (4 years after) | 6.5% | 0 | 1 | 15,144 | 12,070 | 3,074 | |
| No. of citations (4 years after) | 4.88 | 69.75 | 0 | 5,311 | 15,144 | 12,070 | 3,074 |
Notes: Observations are at the article level. In Panel A, “three years after” refers to 39 months after the 2012 conference dates. This panel uses the full paper sample (with all of the MPSA papers). In Panel B, “two years after” and “four years after” refer to 24 and 48 months after the 2012 conference dates. This panel uses the main paper sample (with 20 percent of the MPSA papers). The Google Scholar search is explained in Section III.B.4. When considering the first three Google Scholar hits, citation counts are used from the first paper, if there are any, among the first three hits that match (by criteria explained in the Section III.B.4) in title and authorship with the conference paper. When considering the first ten Google Scholar hits, we used the first such paper among the first ten hits.