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Comparing the Early Research Performance of PhD Graduates in Labor Economics in Europe and the USA
Cardoso, Ana Rute - 2009
received their degree in the years 2000 to 2005 in Europe or the USA. Research productivity is evaluated alternatively as the …
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Trends in Economic Research : An International Perspective
Cardoso, Ana Rute - 2010
of research in economics. Our findings indicate that Europe is catching up with the US but, in terms of influential …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013147133
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Is European Entrepreneurship in Crisis?
Naudé, Wim - 2016
to its euro and refugee crises, Europe is suffering from an entrepreneurship crisis. Entrepreneurs are increasingly older … crisis. Demographic changes and institutional shortcomings are thus at the core of the entrepreneurship crisis in Europe …The European Commission has adopted an Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan as its answer to challenges brought by the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012996525
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How Should Peer-Review Panels Behave?
Sgroi, Daniel - 2012
Many governments wish to assess the quality of their universities. A prominent example is the UK's new Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014. In the REF, peer-review panels will be provided with information on publications and citations. This paper suggests a way in which panels could choose...
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Fame and the Fortune of Academic Economists : How the Market Rewards Influential Research in Economics
Hilmer, Christiana E. - 2012
We analyze the pay and position of 1,009 faculty members who teach in doctoral-granting economics departments at fifty-three large public universities in the United States. Using the Web of Science, we have identified the journal articles published by these scholars and the number of times each...
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How Does Subjective Well-Being Evolve with Age? A Literature Review
López Ulloa, Beatriz - 2013
This literature review provides an overview of the theoretical and empirical research in several disciplines on the relation between ageing and subjective well-being, i.e., how subjective well-being evolves across the lifespan. Because of the different methodologies, data sets and samples used,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013083372
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Star Wars : The Empirics Strike Back
Brodeur, Abel - 2013
Journals favor rejection of the null hypothesis. This selection upon tests may distort the behavior of researchers. Using 50,000 tests published between 2005 and 2011 in the AER, JPE, and QJE, we identify a residual in the distribution of tests that cannot be explained by selection. The...
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Environmental Federalism : A Survey of the Empirical Literature
Millimet, Daniel L. - 2013
Environmental federalism refers to the debate over the 'optimal' level of government at which to delegate environmental policymaking. Although this issue receives widespread attention across the globe, opinions run the gamut. The diversity of views plays out in practice as well as different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013071291
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Markets for Reputation : Evidence on Quality and Quantity in Academe
Hamermesh, Daniel S. - 2009
We develop a theory of the market for individual reputation, an indicator of regard by oneﾒs peers and others. The central questions are: 1) Does the quantity of exposures raise reputation independent of their quality? and 2) Assuming that overall quality matters for reputation, does the...
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Replication in Economics
Hamermesh, Daniel S. - 2007
This examination of the role and potential for replication in economics points out the paucity of both pure replication - checking on others' published papers using their data - and scientific replication - using data representing different populations in one's own work or in a Comment. Several...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012777028