This paper utilizes the Social Science Citation Index and G. J. Stigler and C. L. Friedland's 1985 Calendar of Great Economists to test several implications of an efficient market model of scientific research. Among the questions investigated are how fast an economist's work decays over time in...

This authoritative and encyclopaedic reference work provides a thorough account of the public choice approach to economics and politics. The Companion breaks new ground by joining together the most important issues in the field in a single comprehensive volume. It contains state-of-the-art...