Collaboration in Bipartite Networks, with an Application to Coauthorship Networks

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper 2020-056/VIII

40 Pages Posted: 28 Oct 2020

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Chih-Sheng Hsieh

National Taiwan University

Michael D. Konig

Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); ETH Zürich

Xiaodong Liu

University of Colorado at Boulder - Department of Economics

Christian Zimmermann

Federal Reserve Bank of Saint Louis; IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Date Written: August 17, 2020

Abstract

This paper studies the impact of collaboration on research output. First, we build a micro founded model for scientific knowledge production, where collaboration between researchers is represented by a bipartite network. The equilibrium of the game incorporates both the complementarity effect between collaborating researchers and the substitutability effect between concurrent projects of the same researcher. Next, we develop a Bayesian MCMC procedure to estimate the structural parameters, taking into account the endogenous matching of researchers and projects. Finally, we illustrate the empirical relevance of the model by analyzing the co-authorship network of economists registered in the RePEc Author Service.

Keywords: bipartite networks, co-authorship networks, research collaboration, spillovers, economics of science

JEL Classification: C31, C72, D85, L14

Suggested Citation

Hsieh, Chih-Sheng and Konig, Michael D. and Liu, Xiaodong and Zimmermann, Christian, Collaboration in Bipartite Networks, with an Application to Coauthorship Networks (August 17, 2020). Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper 2020-056/VIII, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3688804 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3688804

Chih-Sheng Hsieh (Contact Author)

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Michael D. Konig

Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) ( email )

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ETH Zürich ( email )

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Xiaodong Liu

University of Colorado at Boulder - Department of Economics ( email )

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Christian Zimmermann

Federal Reserve Bank of Saint Louis ( email )

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