Using curricula vitae and EconLit, we examine the publication records of nearly 2000 academic economists. We consider the probationary period and the years between tenure and promotion to professor. Faculty tenured at top programmes average 3.44 articles in top-ten journals (and 8.75 total...

Student evaluation of teaching (SET) scores have been used widely to assess instructors' performance in teaching, and it has been argued that instructors may "purchase" better evaluation scores by inflating students' grade expectations. In this paper, using a stochastic frontier model, we...