tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509173218981631666.post7701975843851623824..comments2023-11-05T07:47:39.708-05:00Comments on The Blog of Diminishing Returns: How Working Papers Work or Don't in EconomicsSeth Gitterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05419336947867237619noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509173218981631666.post-27739148835084174942011-07-05T15:19:27.060-04:002011-07-05T15:19:27.060-04:00The physics community has such a working paper sit...The physics community has such a working paper site. It's called the arxiv (pronounced "archive"). Physicist post working papers there. The site has a system for posting updates and addenda that are logged automatically (everyone can see when you update a paper). In fields that used the arxiv extensively (eg: High Energy Theory), few people pay attention to published work--they just read the arxiv. It seems beneficial to the progress of the field, because even with a shorter publication cycle (6 weeks from submission to print) by the time a work is published, it's already old news. Given the years-long publication cycle for economics, it seems crazy that we don't have something similar.Kate A. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04399896052948399108noreply@blogger.com