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Citation Success: Evidence from Economic History Journal Publications
Waldenström, Daniel; Di Vaio, Gianfranco; Weisdorf, Jacob - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2010
finding is that active diffusion of one’s research, e.g., academic presentations (at conferences, workshops or seminars) or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008476274
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The Political Opinions of Swedish Social Scientists
Berggren, Niclas; Jordahl, Henrik; Stern, Charlotta - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2007
We study the political opinions of Swedish social scientists in seven disciplines. A survey was sent to 4,301 academics at 25 colleges and universities, which makes the coverage of the disciplines included more or less comprehensive. When it comes to party sympathies there are 1.3 academics on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005190634
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How Should Research Performance be Measured? A Study of Swedish Economists
Henrekson, Magnus; Waldenström, Daniel - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2007
Billions of dollars are allocated every year to university research. Increased specialisation and international … integration of research and researchers has sharply raised the need for comparisons of performance across fields, institutions and … established, and some of them commonly used, meas-ures of research performance. Our examination shows both that the rank order can …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005645435
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The Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, 1969-1998.
Lindbeck, A. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1999
In conjunction with its tercentenary celebrations in 1968, Sveriges Riksbank (Bank of Sweden) instituted a new award, "The Central Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel" on the basis of an economic commitment by the bank in perpetuity. The award is given by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005671120
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The Role of Language in Corporate Governance: The Case of Board Internationalization
Piekkari, Rebecca; Oxelheim, Lars; Randøy, Trond - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2013
increased language diversity influences decision-making and work processes of corporate boards. We draw on previous research on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010691903
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What have we learned from evolutionary game theory so far?
WEIBULL JORGEN.W - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1997
Distinguishes between the evolutionnary apptoach and the rationnalistic. The most important findings in evolutionary game theory. The next challenges for evolutionary game theory in economics.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005639289
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The Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel--1969 - 1998
Lindbeck, Assar - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1999
In conjunction with its tercentenary celebrations in 1968, Sveriges Riksbank (Bank of Sweden) instituted a new award, "The Central Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel" on the basis of an economic commitment by the bank in perpetuity. The award is given by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005645284
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A Note on Social Norms and Transfers
Sundén, David; Weibull, Jörgen W. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1997
This note elaborates an extension of the paper "Social Norms, the Welfare State, and Voting" by Lindbeck, Nyberg, and Weibull [1]. That paper studies the effects of a social norm against living off others work. In the welfare-state context of their model, this means that individuals who live on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010699975
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Social Networks
de Marti, Joan; Zenou, Yves - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2009
We survey the literature on social networks by putting together the economics, sociological and physics/applied mathematics approaches, showing their similarities and differences. We expose, in particular, the two main ways of modeling network formation. While the physics/applied mathematics...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008502564
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Social Interactions and Labor Market Outcomes in Cities
Zenou, Yves - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2008
We develop a model where information about jobs is essentially obtained through friends and relatives, i.e. strong and weak ties. Workers commute to a business center to work and to interact with other people. We find that housing prices increase with the level of social interactions in the city...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005419506