2003Journal of the European Economic AssociationRequires access

Revealed Performances: Worldwide Rankings of Economists and Economics Departments, 1990–2000

Tom Coupé

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In this paper, I study the production of academic research by economics departments and economists. Worldwide rankings are provided based on both citations and publications. These rankings reveal a dominant position of the United States in the production of economics literature. Over time, however, the extent of this dominance is decreasing.

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In this paper, I study the production of academic research by economics departments and economists. Worldwide rankings are provided based on both citations and publications. These rankings reveal a dominant position of the United States in the production of economics literature. Over time, however, the extent of this dominance is decreasing.

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In this paper, I study the production of academic research by economics departments and economists. Worldwide rankings are provided based on both citations and publications. These rankings reveal a dominant position of the United States in the production of economics literature. Over time, however, the extent of this dominance is decreasing.

Key concepts: Dominance (genetics), Economics, Position (finance), Production (economics), Public economics, Microeconomics, Finance, Gene

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