Innerhalb von nur einigen Jahren nach der Wende wurden die ostdeutschen Universitäten und Forschungsinstitute an das westdeutsche Hochschulsystem angepasst. Diese Anpassung bedeutete einen starken Umbruch der ostdeutschen Wissenschaft, die bis dahin unter anderen Bedingungen als in...

Using life cycle publication data of 9,368 economics PhD graduates from 127 U.S. institutions, we investigate how unemployment in the U.S. economy prior to starting graduate studies and at the time of entry into the academic job market affect economics PhD graduates' research productivity. We...

Using life cycle publication data of 9,368 economics PhD graduates from 127 U.S. institutions, we investigate how unemployment in the U.S. economy prior to starting graduate studies and at the time of entry into the academic job market affect economics PhD graduates' research productivity. We...

We investigate divisions within the citation network in economics using citation data between 1990 and 2010. We consider all partitions of top institutions into two equal-sized clusters, and pick the one that minimizes cross-cluster citations. The strongest division is much stronger than could...