matter of course that economics should become a natural science. Such a characterization misses an essential aspect of a …

data ; economics profession …

of study. These differences can in most cases be attributed to self-selection. A notable exception is economics. Even … though self-selection is also important, training in economics has an unambiguous influence on the political attitudes: by … the time of graduation, economics students are about 6.2 percentage points more likely than they were as freshmen to agree …

This articles investigates the recent trends in co-authorship in economics. Using data from more than 700.000 journal …

We construct a meta-ranking of 315 economics journals based on 38 different individual rankings. Our ranking … lists. In our meta-ranking the top five journals are given by: Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Political Economy …

This report documents what are the most cited articles published in the top-5 economics journals during the period 1991 … links to all articles, allowing an easy and direct access to arguably the most influential economics literature published in …

1970's the world of economics was a collection of islands, with the largest island having about 15% of the population. Two … decades later, in the 1990's, the world of economics was much more integrated, with the largest island covering close to half … believe that economics is an emerging small world. What is it about the network structure that makes the world small? An …

happiness research is able to contribute important insights for economics. We report how the economic variables income …