in academic economics departments. Analyzing the job histories of tenure-track economists hired by the top 35 U ….S. economics departments, we find that T5 publications have a powerful influence on tenure decisions and rates of transition to …

Two of the top economics journals have institutional ties to a specific university, the Quarterly Journal of Economics …

measures ought to be used in a REF. -- university evaluation ; RAE Research Assessment Exercise 2008 ; citations … Excellence Framework (REF) 2014. In the REF, peer-review panels will be provided with information on publications and citations … an intuitive way on the concept of Bayesian updating (where citations gradually reveal information about the initially …

Excellence Framework (REF) 2014. In the REF, peer-review panels will be provided with information on publications and citations … an intuitive way on the concept of Bayesian updating (where citations gradually reveal information about the initially …

substantially fewer citations and are published in lower impact-factor outlets. These trends reverse abruptly after the deadlines …. Our results highlight the importance of an appropriate length for evaluation periods …

research. The more worrisome features of competition in academic economics reveal themselves not through ordinary citation or … publication statistics or competitive attention seeking strategies. The badly designed use of market principles in which citations …