Are leading academic papers really of better quality?
Are leading papers in an issue of a journal of better “quality”? Victor Ginsburgh25 May 2012Lead articles in academic journals tend to receive more citations than other articles. But does this mean...
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Ageing and productivity: Economists and others Daniel S. Hamermesh20 February 2013Publishing in economics is a very tough game, especially for young scholars trying to establish a research record...
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Management and university performance
Herding cats? Management and university performance John McCormack, Carol Propper, Sarah Smith07 November 2013The conventional wisdom is that managing academics is futile. This column challenges this...
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Journal quality and citations
Journal quality and citations: Why economists should practice what they preach Daniel Sgroi11 November 2013In the upcoming UK Research Excellence Framework, a small panel of academics are tasked with...
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Our uneconomic methods of measuring economic research
Our uneconomic methods of measuring economic research Stan Liebowitz06 December 2013Academic economists – especially in the US – are continuously evaluated, with salaries and promotions hanging on...
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Do we need highly cited departmental chairs?
Do we need highly cited departmental chairs? Amanda Goodall, John McDowell, Larry Singell31 January 2014Much of human knowledge is produced in the world’s university departments, yet little is known...
View ArticleThe mainstream economics curriculum needs an overhaul
The mainstream economics curriculum needs an overhaul Diane Coyle04 May 2014The undergraduate economics curriculum is hugely influential, since today’s undergraduates are tomorrow’s policymakers. The...
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Teaching economics as if the last three decades had happened
Wendy CarlinViv Davies20 May 2014Wendy Carlin talks to Viv Davies about the 'Curriculum Open-access Resources in Economics' (CORE) project, which was established by the Institute for New Economic...
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Research quality assessment tools: Lessons from Italy
Assessing Italian research quality: A comparison between bibliometric evaluation and informed peer review Graziella Bertocchi, Alfonso Gambardella, Tullio Jappelli, Carmela A. Nappi, Franco Peracchi28...
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Lessons from an experiment with referees at the Journal of Public Economics
Determinants of prosocial behaviour: Lessons from an experiment with referees at the Journal of Public Economics Raj Chetty, Emmanuel Saez, László Sándor11 August 2014Peer review is at the heart of...
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Ranking journals by novelty
Exploration in science and ranking journals by novelty Jay Bhattacharya, Mikko Packalen09 November 2015Academics get ahead in part due to how often their papers are cited. This column argues that the...
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A ranking of financial economists by centrality
A ranking of financial economists by centrality Co-Pierre Georg, Michael E. Rose16 January 2016Informal collaboration is an integral part of academia. Studies of academic collaboration have mostly...
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Management and university performance
Herding cats? Management and university performance John McCormack, Carol Propper, Sarah Smith07 November 2013The conventional wisdom is that managing academics is futile. This column challenges this...
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Journal quality and citations
Journal quality and citations: Why economists should practice what they preach Daniel Sgroi11 November 2013In the upcoming UK Research Excellence Framework, a small panel of academics are tasked with...
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Our uneconomic methods of measuring economic research
Our uneconomic methods of measuring economic research Stan Liebowitz06 December 2013Academic economists – especially in the US – are continuously evaluated, with salaries and promotions hanging on...
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Do we need highly cited departmental chairs?
Do we need highly cited departmental chairs? Amanda Goodall, John McDowell, Larry Singell31 January 2014Much of human knowledge is produced in the world’s university departments, yet little is known...
View ArticleThe mainstream economics curriculum needs an overhaul
The mainstream economics curriculum needs an overhaul Diane Coyle04 May 2014The undergraduate economics curriculum is hugely influential, since today’s undergraduates are tomorrow’s policymakers. The...
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Teaching economics as if the last three decades had happened
Wendy CarlinViv Davies20 May 2014Wendy Carlin talks to Viv Davies about the 'Curriculum Open-access Resources in Economics' (CORE) project, which was established by the Institute for New Economic...
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Research quality assessment tools: Lessons from Italy
Assessing Italian research quality: A comparison between bibliometric evaluation and informed peer review Graziella Bertocchi, Alfonso Gambardella, Tullio Jappelli, Carmela A. Nappi, Franco Peracchi28...
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Lessons from an experiment with referees at the Journal of Public Economics
Determinants of prosocial behaviour: Lessons from an experiment with referees at the Journal of Public Economics Raj Chetty, Emmanuel Saez, László Sándor11 August 2014Peer review is at the heart of...
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