1. Peer Review, Publication and the Diffusion of Economic Knowledge
Joshua Gans
University of Toronto
July 2014

2. Publication and Peer Review Lags
Working papers appear years before published work
Working papers are not peer reviewed
Almost: some are discussed at conferences
Does publication mean anything?
With 20,000 working papers and growing, what identifiers should be on NBER ‘published’ work?

4. Web Repository Options
Open access
Comments and Conference Discussions
Dataset links
Versions
Links to published works
Links to press and summaries
Citations
Should the NBER provide peer review (that is then submitted to journals)?