In socio-economic sciences the RePEc network (Research Papers in Economics) has become an essential source both for the spread of existing and new economic research. Furthermore the calculation of rankings for authors and academic institutions play a central role. We provide some cautionary...

Zwei unabhängige Wirtschaftshistoriker haben anlässlich seines 75-jährigen Bestehens die Geschichte des RWI – Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung aufgearbeitet. Sie entdeckten viele Konstanten: Schon in der Nachkriegszeit forschte das RWI in einem theoriegeprägten Umfeld vor allem...

Economists, and also economic research institutes, differ in their attitudes towards desirability of economic policies. The policy positions taken can often be determined by ideology. We examine economic policy positions by investigating minority votes in the Joint Economic Forecast of German...