on the fringes of economics even a few decades ago are today considered mainstream economics. Economists presented … in economics by, eminent mathematical economists and econometricians, especially Nobel laureates. …

This paper examines the entry-level labor market for academic economists and investigates the determinants of market …

This paper suggests a new tool for evaluating the influence of living economists: references in recent introductory …

other data sources, to study the trends in the earnings of economists and other holders of bachelor, masters, and PhD …

economic knowledge, academic economists and policymakers, respectively. We argue that economics lacks a developed theory of how …

Economists can to some extent enlighten policymakers and the public and influence public policy. That enlightenment is … is a trade-off between relevance/importance and rigor/precision. Because many economists concentrate on rigor and …