Capa wps - FEP - Working Papers - Universidade do Porto
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Capa wps - FEP - Working Papers - Universidade do Porto
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100%<br />
NC<br />
80%<br />
D<br />
60%<br />
C<br />
40%<br />
B<br />
20%<br />
A<br />
AA<br />
0%<br />
Formal Appreciative Formal+Empirical Appreciative+Empirical Empirical Survey Total<br />
Figure 11: Evolutionary papers by method: distribution (%) by journals’ ranking<br />
Source: Authors’ own computations based on journals’ articles collected from the Econlit database, 1969-2005.<br />
Total papers<br />
NC<br />
D<br />
C<br />
B<br />
A<br />
AA<br />
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%<br />
Formal Appreciative Formal+Empirical Appreciative+Empirical Empirical Survey<br />
Figure 12: Evolutionary papers by journals’ ranking: distribution (%) by method<br />
Source: Authors’ own computations based on journals’ articles collected from the Econlit database, 1969-2005.<br />
From the above evidence, it is possible to conclude that the articles published in top-academic<br />
journals, in a considerable proportion, are constructed within a formal frame. In fact, around 70% of<br />
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