In Germany, public debates between economists are rather rare. However, in media coverage on economists there is an … economists this assignment is rarely explicitly pronounced, an empirical investigation based on the media coverage is difficult …. Our contribution examines the assigned orientation of economists by proximity in networks of peers and scientists from …

In Germany, public debates between economists are rather rare. However, in media coverage on economists there is an … economists this assignment is rarely explicitly pronounced, an empirical investigation based on the media coverage is difficult …. Our contribution examines the assigned orientation of economists by proximity in networks of peers and scientists from …

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 …- economists. One could argue that the quality of research output does not significantly determine the impact of research on policy …

English Abstract: In Germany, public debates between economists are rather rare. However, in media cover-age on … economists there is an implicit assignment to ideological camps, such as employer/employee-friendly or left/market liberal. Since … for most of the economists this assignment is rarely explicitly pronounced, an empirical investigation based on the media …