We document economists’ opinions about what is worth knowing and ask (i) which research objectives economic research … economic researchers who publish in English. We report three main findings. First, economists’ opinions are vastly … economics as a field does not appreciate and work on what economists collectively prefer …

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 …

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

Updating the study by Seiler and Wohlrabe (2013) we use archetypoid analysis to classify top economists. The approach … from 776 top economists we identify four archetypoids. These types represent solid, low, top and diligent performer. Each …

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. …

possibly overlapping projects. We bring our model to the data by analyzing the coauthorship network of economists registered in …