The Matthew effect in economics reconsidered

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Highlights：

• We show that the test by Tol (2009) for a potential Matthew effect is quite sensitive to its assumptions.

• We propose an alternative test using the Kolmogorov–Smirnov test.

• This test is applied to a large data set of economists.

• The Matthew effect might be a temporary phenomenon not in terms of time but in terms of the citation count.

摘要

Highlights•We show that the test by Tol (2009) for a potential Matthew effect is quite sensitive to its assumptions.•We propose an alternative test using the Kolmogorov–Smirnov test.•This test is applied to a large data set of economists.•The Matthew effect might be a temporary phenomenon not in terms of time but in terms of the citation count.

论文关键词：Matthew effect,Gibrat's law,Kolmogorov–Smirnov

论文评审过程：Received 17 May 2013, Revised 29 July 2014, Accepted 18 August 2014, Available online 18 September 2014.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2014.08.005