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The Benefits of Being Economics Professor A (and not Z)

Praag, Mirjam van; Praag, Bernard M.S. van - CESifo - 2007

Alphabetic name ordering on multi-authored academic papers, which is the convention in the economics discipline and various other disciplines, is to the advantage of people whose last name initials are placed early in the alphabet. As it turns out, Professor A, who has been a first author more...

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Do Economic Policymakers Practice what they Preach? The Case of Pension Decisions

Dahan, Momi; Kogut, Tehila; Shalem, Moshe - CESifo - 2009

This paper examines whether policymakers, economists at the Israeli Finance Ministry, act in their personal pension … economists' decisions regarding three other important decisions such as buying an apartment, a car and a large appliance, are … specialized policymakers (economists in the Pension Division) and general policymakers (economists in all other Divisions) showing …

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External Influence as an Indicator of Scholarly Importance

Chan, Ho Fai; Frey, Bruno S.; Gallus, Jana; Schaffner, … - CESifo - 2013

The external influence of scholarly activity has to date been measured primarily in terms of publications and citations, metrics that also dominate the promotion and grant processes. Yet the array of scholarly activities visible to the outside world are far more extensive and recently developed...

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(Why) Are Economists Different?

Kirchgässner, Gebhard - CESifo - 2005

After presenting some casual evidence about the difference between economists and the rest of the population, first the … presented where the citizens decided against recommendations of most economists. But what is so particular in economic theory … respect to the normative convictions of economists. The paper concludes with possible consequences which economists might draw. …

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Economists in the PITS?

Frey, Bruno S. - CESifo - 2009

Academic economists today are caught in a “Publication Impossibility Theorem System” or PITS. To further their careers …

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Political Economists are Neither Selfish Nor Indoctrinated

Frey, Bruno S.; Meier, Stephan - CESifo - 2001

Most professional economists believe that economists in general are more selfish than other persons and that this … particular behavior of economists can be explained by a selection effect. …

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Consuming your Way to Efficiency: Public Goods Provision through Non-Distortionary Tax Lotteries

Giebe, Thomas; Schweinzer, Paul - CESifo - 2013

We revisit the classical result that financing a pure public good through taxation of private consumption is inefficient. To this standard setup we add a consumption contest in which consumers can win a prize. We show that an appropriately chosen contest—which we call a ‘tax lottery’—can...

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Human Capital Mobility: Implications for Efficiency, Income Distribution, and Policy

Wildasin, David E. - CESifo - 2014

Mobility of highly-skilled workers affects and is affected by labor market conditions, taxes, and other policies. This paper documents the demographic and fiscal importance of international migration, especially in aging societies, reviews the efficiency and distributional effects of mobility,...

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From Friends to Enemies? The Euro as a Cause of New Nationalism

Blankart, Charles B. - CESifo - 2014

It is often disregarded that the euro is first of all a public good based on common institutions such the European Central Bank, the Governing Council and a network for executing transactions etc. Establishing a public good is fundamentally different from trade in private goods. A public good...

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The Growth in Military Expenditure in Germany 1951-2011: Did Parties Matter?

Kauder, Björn; Potrafke, Niklas - CESifo - 2015

We examine whether government ideology was correlated with the growth in military expenditure in Germany over the period 1951-2011. By using various measures of government ideology, the results do not show any effect. The exception is an ideology measure based on the Comparative Manifesto...

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