component { covering only 15% of the population. However, by the 1990's economics was much more integrated, with the giant …, leading us to conclude that economics is an emerging small world. A crucial stable feature of the network over this period is … themselves). The world of economics is thus a collection of inter-linked stars. We also find that a growth in the average number …

1970's the world of economics was a collection of islands. Two decades later, in the 1990's the world of economics was much … individuals on the largest island had fallen significantly. Thus we believe that economics is an emerging small world … a large number of co-authors. Thus the economics world is a set of inter-connected stars.We take the view that …

Awards play a large role in the economics profession, which is documented by the large variety and number of awards …. However, little scientific attention has been devoted to them. This paper documents the prevalence of awards in the economics … profession and analyzes the number and type of awards received by the 1,200 leading economists included in Who's Who in Economics …

data from the field of economics. No scientific bias or favoritism is found (although the Journal of Political Economy …

method, and illustrate it with modern data on economics. Of 450 genuinely world-leading journal articles, the UK produced 10 …

1970's the world of economics was a collection of islands, with the largest island having about 15% of the population. Two … decades later, in the 1990's, the world of economics was much more integrated, with the largest island covering close to half … believe that economics is an emerging small world. What is it about the network structure that makes the world small? An …

There is good reason to think that non-elite programs in economics may be producing relatively more research than in … productivity in economics (and business) using data from the Web of Science (Knowledge) for a broad set of institutions both elite …