How has publishing in top economics journals changed since 1970? Using a data set that combines information on all … has remained relatively stable, with the notable exception of the Quarterly Journal of Economics, which climbed from …

(JEEA) in 2009 in response to a substantial increase in the length of articles in economics. We focus the analysis on the …

I reflect on the role of modern economic history in economics. I document a substantial increase in the percentage of … past has contributed to economics by providing ground to test economic theory, improve economic policy, understand economic … those of other economists in the economics job market. I speculate how the increase in availability of high quality micro …

theoretical papers, these methods did not attract much attention in the economics literature until recently. Starting in the late … 1990s, there has been a large number of studies in economics applying and extending RD methods. In this paper we review …

Presenting data on all full-length articles published in the three top general economics journals for one year in each …

Journal of Development Economics, randomly varying four features: (1) small versus large reference values; (2) whether …

economics conferences over the 2006-2012 period. We show a positive link between conference presentation and the publishing …