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Monism in modern science : the case of (micro-)economics
Beckenbach, Frank - 2019
This elaboration starts by deciphering modern science as a social subsystem being loosely coupled to the rest of society (section 2.1). Additionally, the way in which modern (monistic) economics was generated within this subsystem will be sketched (section 2.2). This will be contrasted with the...
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Recent trends in co-authorship in economics : evidence from RePEc
Rath, Katharina; Wohlrabe, Klaus - 2015
This articles investigates the recent trends in co-authorship in economics. Using data from more than 700.000 journal articles we show that the average number of authors per article has increased over the last years. This process is likely to be continued in the future. In a regression analysis...
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Alphabetized co-authorship in economics reconsidered
Wohlrabe, Klaus; Bornmann, Lutz - 2021
In this article, we revisit the analysis of Laband and Tollison (2006) who documented that articles with two authors in alphabetical order are cited much more often than non-alphabetized papers with two authors in the American Economic Review and the American Journal of Agricultural Economics....
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"Change is always a last resort a change in habits of thought" : for a new biodiversity of cognition in the face of today's Crisis
Graupe, Silja - 2020
The present crisis has revealed that around the globe we are often only able to react to crises when it is (almost) too late. This paper addresses and explains the mono-structure of thought that has led to this predicament and delineates a new model of cognition capable of creating a new...
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Divided we stand? : professional consensus and political conflict in academic economics
Beyer, Karl M.; Pühringer, Stephan - 2019
In this paper we address the issue of the role of ideology and political preferences of publically engaged economists … of economist petitions, which we identify as one channel for economists to exert public influence. We base our analysis … petitions and economists based on the social structure of petition networks. …
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Does the John Bates Clark Medal boost subsequent productivity and citation success?
Chan, Ho Fai; Frey, Bruno S.; Gallus, Jana; Torgler, Benno - 2013
Despite the social importance of awards, they have been largely disregarded by academic research in economics. This paper investigates whether a specific, yet important, award in economics, the John Bates Clark Medal, raises recipients' subsequent research activity and status compared to a...
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The strange non-crisis of economics : economic crisis and crisis policies in economic and political discourses
Pühringer, Stephan - 2015
distinct economists the dominant crisis narratives brought forward in economic, public and political discourses ignore the role …-making processes is dominant among political and societal influential economists in the post WW II-German-speaking area, persists …
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What's worth knowing? : economists' opinions about economics
Andre, Peter; Falk, Martin - 2021
We document economists’ opinions about what is worth knowing and ask (i) which research objectives economic research … economic researchers who publish in English. We report three main findings. First, economists’ opinions are vastly … economics as a field does not appreciate and work on what economists collectively prefer. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012594941
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What's worth knowing? : economists' opinions about economics
Falk, Armin; Andre, Peter - 2021
We document economists' opinions about what is worth knowing and ask (i) which research objectives economic research … economic researchers who publish in English. We report three main findings. First, economists’ opinions are vastly … economics as a field does not appreciate and work on what economists collectively prefer. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012597287
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What's worth knowing? : economists' opinions about economics
Andre, Peter; Falk, Armin - 2021
We document economists' opinions about what is worth knowing and ask (i) which research objectives economic research … economic researchers who publish in English. We report three main findings. First, economists' opinions are vastly … economics as a field does not appreciate and work on what economists collectively prefer. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012588647