The Impact of economics blogs

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><collection xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim http://www.loc.gov/standards/marcxml/schema/MARC21slim.xsd">
  <record>
    <leader>00000cam a22000004b 4500</leader>
    <controlfield tag="001">MAP20120009837</controlfield>
    <controlfield tag="003">MAP</controlfield>
    <controlfield tag="005">20120309124338.0</controlfield>
    <controlfield tag="008">120309s2011    esp||||       ||| ||spa d</controlfield>
    <datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" ">
      <subfield code="a">MAP</subfield>
      <subfield code="b">spa</subfield>
      <subfield code="d">MAP</subfield>
    </datafield>
    <datafield tag="084" ind1=" " ind2=" ">
      <subfield code="a">93</subfield>
    </datafield>
    <datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="4">
      <subfield code="a">The Impact of economics blogs</subfield>
      <subfield code="c">David McKenzie, Berk Özler</subfield>
    </datafield>
    <datafield tag="260" ind1=" " ind2=" ">
      <subfield code="a">[Washington]</subfield>
      <subfield code="b">The World Bank</subfield>
      <subfield code="c">2011</subfield>
    </datafield>
    <datafield tag="490" ind1="0" ind2=" ">
      <subfield code="a">Policy Research Working Paper</subfield>
      <subfield code="v">5783</subfield>
    </datafield>
    <datafield tag="520" ind1=" " ind2=" ">
      <subfield code="a">There is a proliferation of economics blogs, with increasing numbers of  economists attracting large numbers of readers, yet little is known about the impact of this new medium. Using a variety of experimental and non-experimental techniques, this study quantifies some of their effects. First, links from blogs cause a striking increase in the number of abstract views and downloads of economics papers. Second, blogging raises the profile of the blogger (and his or her institution) and boosts their reputation above economists with similar publication records. Finally, a blog can transform attitudes about some of the topics it covers</subfield>
    </datafield>
    <datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="1">
      <subfield code="0">MAPA20080538262</subfield>
      <subfield code="a">Blogs</subfield>
    </datafield>
    <datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="1">
      <subfield code="0">MAPA20080570286</subfield>
      <subfield code="a">Redes sociales</subfield>
    </datafield>
    <datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="1">
      <subfield code="0">MAPA20080546915</subfield>
      <subfield code="a">Economía</subfield>
    </datafield>
    <datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="1">
      <subfield code="0">MAPA20080554323</subfield>
      <subfield code="a">Evaluación</subfield>
    </datafield>
    <datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="1">
      <subfield code="0">MAPA20080597283</subfield>
      <subfield code="a">Investigación social</subfield>
    </datafield>
    <datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="1">
      <subfield code="0">MAPA20080579449</subfield>
      <subfield code="a">Ciencia económica</subfield>
    </datafield>
    <datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="1">
      <subfield code="0">MAPA20080607197</subfield>
      <subfield code="a">Medios de comunicación</subfield>
    </datafield>
    <datafield tag="710" ind1="2" ind2=" ">
      <subfield code="0">MAPA20080439736</subfield>
      <subfield code="a">World Bank</subfield>
    </datafield>
    <datafield tag="830" ind1=" " ind2="0">
      <subfield code="0">MAPA20120008656</subfield>
      <subfield code="a">Policy Research Working Paper</subfield>
    </datafield>
  </record>
</collection>