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on Sociology of Economics |
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Issue of 2007‒09‒24
three papers chosen by Jonas Holmström Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration |
| By: | Ours, J.C. van; Vermeulen, F.M.P. (Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research) |
| Abstract: | This paper ranks Dutch economists using information about publications and citations. Rankings involve the aggregation of several performance dimensions. Instead of using a cardinal approach, where each dimension is weighted based on impact factors of journals for example, we use an ordinal approach which accounts for quality differences between journals and also takes citations into account. We find that this ordinal approach is more robust. Based on the ordinal ranking of publications and citations we find that Peter Wakker is the most productive economist, followed by Michel Wedel. The third place in the ranking is ex aequo for Philip-Hans Franses and Florencio Lopez de Silanes. Adding-up the individual output we find that the economists of Erasmus University Rotterdam are the most productive, followed ex aequo by Tilburg University and Free University Amsterdam. |
| Keywords: | Productivity of economists;ranking |
| JEL: | A11 J24 |
| Date: | 2007 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:dgr:kubcen:200772&r=sog |
| By: | Nicholas Vasilakos (Economics, Keele University); Gauthier Lanot (Keele University, Department of Economics); Tim Worrall (Economics, Keele University) |
| Abstract: | This paper reports on available bibliometric evidence on the performance of UK research in economics. It examines some standard and non-standard sources of bibliometric evidence and in particular evidence from the ISI and EconLit databases and the Repository of Papers in Economics (RePEc). It also reports on research capacity of UK economics and some non-bibliometric sources of evidence. |
| Keywords: | Research evaluation, bibliometrics. |
| JEL: | A10 I23 |
| Date: | 2007–07 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:kee:kerpuk:2007/10&r=sog |
| By: | Benno Torgler; Nemanja Antica; Uwe Dulleck |
| Abstract: | This paper turns Snow-White’s magic mirror onto recent economics Nobel Prize winners, top economists and happiness researchers, and through the eyes of the “man in the street” seeks to determine who the happiest academic is. The study not only provides a clear answer to this question but also unveils who is the ladies’ man and who is the sweetheart of the aged. It also explores the extent to which information matters and whether individuals’ self-reported happiness affects their perceptions about the happiness of these superstars in economics. |
| Keywords: | happiness; subjective well-being; perceptions; superstars; economists |
| JEL: | A11 D10 I31 |
| Date: | 2007–09 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:cra:wpaper:2007-16&r=sog |