profession and analyzes the number and type of awards received by the 1,200 leading economists included in Who's Who in Economics …. First steps towards integrating awards into economic theory are undertaken. -- Awards ; non-monetary incentives ; economics …

Most professional economists believe that economists in general are more selfish than other persons and that this … particular behavior of economists can be explained by a selection effect. …

We study the importance of economists' professional situation toward their life satisfaction based on a unique survey … of mostly academic economists. On average, economists report to be highly happy with life. Satisfaction is positively … pressure in recent years is positively related to economists' life satisfaction. An explanation is that economists have …