Whose Line Is It? Plagiarism in Economics
调查经济学期刊编辑发现，近24%的编辑每年遇到一起抄袭案例，不到19%的期刊有正式抄袭政策，多数编辑认为经济学界需要职业伦理规范。
This paper reports the results of a survey regarding the instances of plagiarism reported by journal editors in the economics profession. The survey finds that nearly 24% of responding editors encounter one case of plagiarism in a typical year. In addition, the survey reveals that less than 19% of responding journals have a formal policy regarding plagiarism. Moreover, there is a great deal of variance in what is considered plagiarism and what an appropriate response to plagiarism should be. A majority of editors believe that the economics profession would benefit from a professional code of ethics.