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Citations in Economics: Measurement, Uses and Impacts
Hamermesh, Daniel S. - 2015
I describe and compare sources of data on citations in economics and the statistics that can be constructed from them …-specialties in economics and present evidence on the history and heterogeneity of those journals' impacts and the marginal citation … universities to rank economics departments by various measures and to demonstrate the importance of intra- and interdepartmental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011428826
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Age, Cohort and Co-Authorship
Hamermesh, Daniel S. - 2015
The previously documented trend toward more co- and multi-authored research in economics is partly (perhaps 20 percent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010500327
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Age, Cohort and Co-Authorship
Hamermesh, Daniel S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
The previously documented trend toward more co- and multi-authored research in economics is partly (perhaps 20 percent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265660
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Geographic proximity, trade and international conflict/cooperation
Robst, John; Polachek, Solomon W.; Chang, Yuan-Ching - 2006
This paper examines the interactive effect of distance and trade on international conflict and cooperation. The effect of geographic distance depends on trade, while the effect of trade varies with geographic distance. Trade reduces conflict to a greater extent when dyads are geographically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276246
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Authentic happiness theory supported by impact of religion on life satisfaction: a longitudinal analysis with data for Germany
Headey, Bruce; Schupp, Jürgen; Tucci, Ingrid; Wagner, … - 2008
Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Survey (SOEP), this paper assesses the relationship between life satisfaction and religious practice. The main new result here is longitudinal. It is shown that individuals who become more religious over time record long term gains in life...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276691
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Bread and Bullets
Akerlof, George A.; Snower, Dennis J. - 2016
Standard economics omits the role of narratives (the stories that people tell themselves and others) when they make all …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011479219
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Tastes, castes, and culture: The influence of society on preferences
Fehr, Ernst; Hoff, Karla - 2011
Economists have traditionally treated preferences as exogenously given. Preferences are assumed to be influenced by neither beliefs nor the constraints people face. As a consequence, changes in behaviour are explained exclusively in terms of changes in the set of feasible alternatives. Here we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285984
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Tastes, Castes, and Culture: The Influence of Society on Preferences
Fehr, Ernst; Hoff, Karla - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Economists have traditionally treated preferences as exogenously given. Preferences are assumed to be influenced by neither beliefs nor the constraints people face. As a consequence, changes in behaviour are explained exclusively in terms of changes in the set of feasible alternatives. Here we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009283571
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Geographic Proximity, Trade and International Conflict/Cooperation
Robst, John; Polachek, Solomon; Chang, Yuan-Ching - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
This paper examines the interactive effect of distance and trade on international conflict and cooperation. The effect of geographic distance depends on trade, while the effect of trade varies with geographic distance. Trade reduces conflict to a greater extent when dyads are geographically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822632
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Authentic Happiness Theory Supported by Impact of Religion on Life Satisfaction: A Longitudinal Analysis with Data for Germany
Headey, Bruce; Schupp, Jürgen; Tucci, Ingrid; Wagner, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Survey (SOEP), this paper assesses the relationship between life satisfaction and religious practice. The main new result here is longitudinal. It is shown that individuals who become more religious over time record long term gains in life...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763452