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The happiness of economists: Estimating the causal effect of studying economics on subjective well-being
Haucap, Justus; Heimeshoff, Ulrich - 2014
This is the first paper that studies the causal effect of studying economics on subjective well being. Based on a survey among 918 students of economics and other social sciences, we estimate the effects of studying in the different fields on individual life satisfaction. Controling for personal...
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The neoclassicals' conundrum: If Adam Smith is the father of economics, it is a bastard child
Valdes Viera, Oscar - 2017
Neoclassical economists of the current era frequently pay lip service to Adam Smith's theories to certify the validity …, and the field of study he afforded to political economy. Instead, early neoclassical economists parted ways with the …
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Economics in Europe
Lindbeck, Assar - In: CESifo Forum 02 (2001) 1, pp. 31-32
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The Golden Age of Nobel Economists
van Dalen, Hendrik P. - 1997
average creative age of Nobel economists is slightly belowthat of laureates in physics, and considerably younger than that of … breeding ground for original economists. Furthermore,most fundamental work has been written alone and this finding contrasts …
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First Author Determinants: An Empirical Analysis
van Praag, Mirjam; van Praag, Bernard M.S. - 2006
Alphabetic name ordering on multi-authored academic papers_new, which is the convention in theeconomics discipline and various other disciplines, is to the advantage of people whose lastname initials are placed early in the alphabet. As it turns out, Professor A, who has been afirst author more...
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The Benefits of Being Economics Professor A (and not Z)
van Praag, C. Mirjam; van Praag, Bernard M.S. - 2007
Alphabetic name ordering on multi-authored academic papers_new, which is the convention in theeconomics discipline and various other disciplines, is to the advantage of people whose lastname initials are placed early in the alphabet. As it turns out, Professor A, who has been afirst author more...
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Eine Netzwerkanalyse von Ökonomen und Wissenschaftlern anderer Disziplinen auf Basis eines Surveys unter Abgeordneten und Ministerialbeamten
Schwarzbauer, Wolfgang; Thomas, Tobias; Wagner, Gert G. - 2019
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 …
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The benefits of being economics professor A (and not Z)
van Praag, C. Mirjam; van Praag, Bernard M. S. - 2007
Alphabetic name ordering on multi-authored academic papers, which is the convention in the economics discipline and various other disciplines, is to the advantage of people whose last name initials are placed early in the alphabet. As it turns out, Professor A, who has been a first author more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276299
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The benefits of being economics professor A (and not Z)
van Praag, C. Mirjam; van Praag, Bernard M. S. - 2007
Alphabetic name ordering on multi-authored academic papers, which is the conven-tion in the economics discipline and various other disciplines, is to the advantage of people whose last name initials are placed early in the alphabet. As it turns out, Pro-fessor A, who has been a first author more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276970
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The revolving doors in academia, government and think tanks: Colombian neoliberal economists as a case study
Ariza Ruiz, Efrén Danilo; Garza, Nestor - 2024
comparable setting, the individual professional trajectories and scholarly viewpoints of a set of 61 key economists. The analysis …
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