, increased division of labor in research, intense publication pressure, academic fraud, dilution of the concept of “university …,” and inadequate organizational forms for modern research. Academia, in a broader sense understood as “the locus of seeking …

We analyse how state university competition to collect resources may affect both research and the quality of teaching … research and teaching supplied by each university, and the mix of low- and high-ability students attending each university. The …

, increased division of labor in research, intense publication pressure, academic fraud, dilution of the concept of “university …,” and inadequate organizational forms for modern research. Academia, in a broader sense understood as “the locus of seeking …

Despite the social importance of awards, they have been largely disregarded by academic research in economics. This …’ subsequent research activity and status compared to a synthetic control group of non-recipient scholars with similar previous … research performance. We find evidence of positive incentive and status effects that raise both productivity and citation …

signaling research talent to outsiders. Awards should therefore be taken seriously as a means of motivating research that may …

This paper discusses rising enrolment rates, access, governance, underperformance in research and teaching, lack of … internationalisation, private returns to education and the funding problems of European universities. Our proposals for reform are based on …, researchers and teachers and open up national funding schemes. The EU should take more initiatives to fund research through the …

divide the aggregate R&D stock by the business, government and education sectors and examine the impact on Total Factor …

sufficient to allow European countries to respond to the multiple challenges posed by climate change and other environmental …

research productivity follows distinct life cycles. Using an encompassing data set portraying the research behavior of German … academic economists, we first show that research productivity crucially depends on career age and vintage. Based on the … research grants. We then go on to investigate the persistence of individual productivity. The Persistence issue is of special …