Building on recent work on the political and societal impact of economics and distinct economists, respectively, this … the German economics profession, is mainly restricted to media and policy advice economists. Finally, our analysis … what are considered to be "influential economists" in Germany. For the purpose of identifying the most influential …

In spite of the manifold critique about the state of economics in the aftermath of the financial crisis, an even … increasing presence of economists and economic experts can be observed in the public sphere during the last years. On the one … hand this reflects the still dominant position of economics in the social sciences as well as the sometimes ignorant …

This is the first paper that studies the causal effect of studying economics on subjective well being. Based on a … survey among 918 students of economics and other social sciences, we estimate the effects of studying in the different fields … methods developed in labor and conflict economics. We find a positive relationship between the study of economics and …

economics) at the University of the German Federal Armed Forces. We find that significantly more economics than noneconomics … students judge price increases as fair. Moreover, this tendency strengthens as economics students advance in their studies. In … addition, fewer advanced economics students judge allocation through the local community as fair when compared to first …

any signs for a crisis of economics. After a short period of public, political and self-criticism of economics and … distinct economists the dominant crisis narratives brought forward in economic, public and political discourses ignore the role …-making processes is dominant among political and societal influential economists in the post WW II-German-speaking area, persists …