tenured economists at 25 U.S. departments. Variants of Hirsch's index that emphasize smaller numbers of highly-cited papers … perform better than Hirsch's original index and have substantial power to explain which economists are tenured at which …

In this paper we address the issue of the role of ideology and political preferences of publically engaged economists … of economist petitions, which we identify as one channel for economists to exert public influence. We base our analysis … petitions and economists based on the social structure of petition networks. …

economics. Émigré economists from Germany and Austria made major contributions to the »Americanization« of economics after WW II … Volkswirtschaftslehre zum wichtigsten Aufnahmeland für verfolgte und emigrierte Wissenschaftler aus Deutschland und Österreich wurden … research university was a main attractor for younger American scientists who went to Germany for (post-) graduate studies, WW I …