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Most German economists show strong patterns of professional specialisation. In their work, they either focus on basic research or on policy consultancy. The evidence provided by Haucap und Mödl has been used to question work incentives in academia. The suggestion to change work incentives,...
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This paper discusses the state of economic policy advice in Germany and describes and analyses the results of a new ranking of German economists which not only measures individual economists’ impact on research (via the h-index), but also their impact on the general public (through media...
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This article summarises some of the most important works of Jean Tirole, the first economist in more than 30 years — following George Stigler in 1982 — to win the Nobel Prize for his work in industrial economics. The article argues that Jean Tirole has revolutionised the field of industrial...
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The “FAZ Economists Ranking”, which considers not only economists’ research output but also their political and public influence, shows that there are very few economists currently doing research that has been taken up widely in the research community, in the media and by policy makers....
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