| By: |
Richard S.J. Tol (Department of Economics, University of Sussex; Department of Spatial Economics, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam; Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam; Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam; CESifo, Munich) |
| Abstract: |
The paper presents the professor-student network of Nobel laureates in
economics. 72 of the 77 Nobelists belong to one family tree. The remaining 5
belong to 3 separate trees. There are 350 men in the graph, and 4 women. Karl
Knies is the central-most professor, followed by Wassily Leontief. Harvard is
the central-most university, followed by Chicago and Berlin. Most candidates
for the Nobel prize belong to the main family tree, but new trees may arise
for the students of Terence Gorman and Denis Sargan. |
| Keywords: |
social network; professor-student relationship; Nobel Prize |
| JEL: |
A14 B20 B31 |
| Date: |
2018–03 |
| URL: |
http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:sus:susewp:0518&r=sog |