economists on the patterns of their citations. We rely on a sample of 428 papers written by 16 well known economists who died …

economists on the patterns of their citations. We rely on a sample of 428 papers written by 16 well known economists who died …

academic economists, we first show that research productivity crucially depends on career age and vintage. Based on the …In this paper we argue that any meaningful bibliometric evaluation of researchers needs to take into account that … research productivity follows distinct life cycles. Using an encompassing data set portraying the research behavior of German …