I think it’s a great question. Two papers come to mind about capture that are somewhat related. These are not directly related but get at the capture part of research to some extent:
I’m really fond of this paper by Rubin and Rubin because the empirical strategy is smart.
“Like maybe you’re only allowed to be the chair of x society or editor of y journal for a fixed time period and then you’re forced to step down. Maybe something like that could be a codifiable measure of some level of capture of a field.”
I know some people who are working on something kind of like this. Happy to explore this further when we chat.
I think it’s a great question. Two papers come to mind about capture that are somewhat related. These are not directly related but get at the capture part of research to some extent:
This paper by Carrell/Figlio/Lusher captures the clubbyness in economics.
I’m really fond of this paper by Rubin and Rubin because the empirical strategy is smart.
“Like maybe you’re only allowed to be the chair of x society or editor of y journal for a fixed time period and then you’re forced to step down. Maybe something like that could be a codifiable measure of some level of capture of a field.”
I know some people who are working on something kind of like this. Happy to explore this further when we chat.
Thanks! I’ll read them this weekend! Have a good weekend!