Do economists reach a conclusion on a given policy issue? One way to answer the question is to survey economists at … large. Another is to look at the published judgments of economists who have gone on the record. Relative to an anonymous … eleven studies of economists' published judgments. Several of them show greater support for liberalization than found among …

Should economists remain as detached scholars, pursuing their research to the satisfaction of themselves and fellow … policy? In this paper, Professor Daniel B. Klein addresses these issues, concluding that if economists want to be influential … which are relevent to policy. Five well known economists, John Fleming, Charles Goodhart, Israel Kirzner, Deirdre McCloskey …

How do political environments influence the behavior of economists who transition from academic and business … speeches of three economists, Arthur Burns, Alan Greenspan, and Ben Bernanke, as they transitioned to becoming chairmen of the …

ranking of German economists which not only measures individual economists’ impact on research (via the h-index), but also …

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 …

relaunching the “Recollections of Eminent Economists” series, which used to be published in both English and Italian, respectively … in BNL Quarterly Review and Moneta e Credito. The “Recollections of Eminent Economists” series was launched in 1978, with …

comparable setting, the individual professional trajectories and scholarly viewpoints of a set of 61 key economists. The analysis …

evolutionary economists try to explain and legitimate policy interventions in local, regional or national innovation systems. The …