Certified Random: A New Order for Coauthorship

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  • Debraj Ray
  • Arthur Robson
چکیده

Alphabetical name order is the default norm for joint publications in economics. However, alphabetical order confers greater benefits on the first author. In a two-author model, we introduce and study certified random order : the uniform randomization of names made universally known by a commonly understood symbol. Certified random order (a) distributes the gain from first authorship evenly over the alphabet, (b) allows either author to signal when contributions are extremely unequal, (c) will invade an environment where alphabetical order is dominant, (d) is robust to deviations, (e) may be ex-ante more efficient than alphabetical order, and (f) is no more complex than the existing alphabetical system modified by occasional reversal of name order. Ray thanks the National Science Foundation for support under grant numbers SES-1261560 and SES1629370. Robson thanks the Canada Research Chairs Program and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. We thank three referees, Nageeb Ali, Dan Ariely, Joan Esteban, Itzhak Gilboa, Ed Green, Johannes Horner, Navin Kartik, Laurent Mathevet, Sahar Parsa, James Poterba, Andy Postlewaite, Phil Reny, Ariel Rubinstein, Larry Samuelson, Rakesh Vohra, and Leeat Yariv for helpful comments.

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تاریخ انتشار 2016