compare the outcome to the Handelsblatt ranking of economists in the Germanspeaking area. Our analysis focuses on whether the …

academic economists, we first show that research productivity crucially depends on career age and vintage. Based on the …

We examine the research productivity of German academic economists over their life cycles. It turns out that the career … life-cycles of younger German economists are hump-shaped and closely resemble the life cycles identified for U ….S. economists, whereas the life-cycles of older German economists are much flatter. Finally, we find that not only productivity, but …

what are considered to be "influential economists" in Germany. For the purpose of identifying the most influential … economists, Germany listens to" ("Auf diese Ökonomen hört das Land"), which distinguishes research, media and political impact …Building on recent work on the political and societal impact of economics and distinct economists, respectively, this …

This paper investigates the determinants of tenure decisions in Germany, Austria and the German‐speaking part of … probability of being tenured than economists. Youth, marital status, and publications matter; gender and children do not. The …

the best known research ranking of business scholars, initiated and published by Germany's largest business daily …

tenured economists at 25 U.S. departments. Variants of Hirsch's index that emphasize smaller numbers of highly-cited papers … perform better than Hirsch's original index and have substantial power to explain which economists are tenured at which …