Despite the social importance of awards, they have been largely disregarded by academic research in economics. This paper investigates whether a specific, yet important, award in economics, the John Bates Clark Medal, raises recipients' subsequent research activity and status compared to a...

Despite the social importance of awards, they have been largely disregarded by academic research in economics. This paper investigates whether a specific, yet important, award in economics, the John Bates Clark Medal, raises recipients' subsequent research activity and status compared to a...

We study to what degree authors who publish in the five most prestigious journals in economics have previously published there and in which world region they are based. Al­though still high, the concentration of U.S.-based and previously published top-five authors has decreased. This trend is...

This study investigates the effect of SRI efficiency-screening intensity under joint consideration of financial and ESG criteria in the analysis of the firms’ efficiencies derived from multidirectional efficiency analysis for US and European firms. A number of usual asset allocation strategies...

The economic success of the East Asian countries has inspired many scholars and policy makers to study the background of their rapid growth. Since there are many versions of capitalism, there is a debate over which model is the best answer for people needs. This debate is still open. In the...