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Who Runs the AEA?

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  • Kevin D. Hoover
  • Andrej Svorenčík

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The leadership structure of the American Economic Association is documented using a biographical database covering every officer and losing candidate for AEA offices from 1950 to 2019. The analysis focuses on institutional affiliations by education and employment. The structure is strongly hierarchical. A few institutions dominate the leadership, and their dominance has become markedly stronger over time. Broadly two types of explanations are explored: that institutional dominance is based on academic merit or that it is based on self-perpetuating privilege. Network effects that might explain the dynamic of increasing concentration are also investigated.

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  • Kevin D. Hoover & Andrej Svorenčík, 2023. "Who Runs the AEA?," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 61(3), pages 1127-1171, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:aea:jeclit:v:61:y:2023:i:3:p:1127-71
    DOI: 10.1257/jel.20221667
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    JEL classification:

    • A11 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Role of Economics; Role of Economists
    • B29 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925 - - - Other
    • B30 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought: Individuals - - - General
    • Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification

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