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The article performs an economic analysis of MIS salary data and survey data from a variety of sources in order to estimate the marginal value of a published MIS refereed journal article to its author, a faculty member. The three main conclusions it reaches are:• A published MIS refereed journal article can be worth approximately $20,000 in incremental pay, over an assumed five-year lifetime, to a faculty member. That value is derived from two sources: (1) the ability such a paper gives the author to move to higher-paying institutions, and (2) the incremental impact of the paper on an individual's compensation across institutions having the same teaching load.• What constitutes a valid "article" is institution-dependent, so the faculty member must ensure that the publication outlets targeted for such an article are consistent with the institution's objectives and quality criteria.• In order to realize the actual marginal value of a publication computed in this paper, a faculty member must be willing to relocate, perhaps on a reasonably regular basis, to ensure that he or she does not fall victim to the salary inversion phenomenon that is currently widespread within the MIS academic community.The paper does not attempt to quantify the impact of a publication on a number of other potential contributors to its author's income, including the long-term possibility of becoming an eminent scholar and the possibility that publications will lead to outside income opportunities. As a consequence, it is quite possible that the actual value of an article may exceed the paper's estimate for some individuals.