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Welchen Einfluss haben Wissenschaftler in Medien und auf die Wirtschaftspolitik?

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  • Justus Haucap
  • Tobias Thomas
  • Gert Wagner

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The “FAZ Economists Ranking”, which considers not only economists’ research output but also their political and public influence, shows that there are very few economists currently doing research that has been taken up widely in the research community, in the media and by policy makers. The paper presents sensitivity analyses and evidence about the influence of non-economists. One could argue that the quality of research output does not significantly determine the impact of research on policy, media and decision makers. However, even if one reduces the weight of the quality of research output in the overall indicator, the rankings change only minimally. Furthermore, compared to economists, the influence of non-economists on economic policy is marginal. Copyright ZBW and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015

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  • Justus Haucap & Tobias Thomas & Gert Wagner, 2015. "Welchen Einfluss haben Wissenschaftler in Medien und auf die Wirtschaftspolitik?," Wirtschaftsdienst, Springer;ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 95(1), pages 68-75, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:wirtsc:v:95:y:2015:i:1:p:68-75
    DOI: 10.1007/s10273-015-1780-4
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    1. Schwarzbauer, Wolfgang & Thomas, Tobias & Wagner, Gert G., 2019. "Eine Netzwerkanalyse von Ökonomen und Wissenschaftlern anderer Disziplinen auf Basis eines Surveys unter Abgeordneten und Ministerialbeamten," DICE Ordnungspolitische Perspektiven 100, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE).
    2. Thomas Tobias & Heß Moritz & Wagner Gert G., 2017. "Reluctant to Reform? A Note on Risk-Loving Politicians and Bureaucrats," Review of Economics, De Gruyter, vol. 68(3), pages 167-179, December.
    3. Gert G. Wagner, 2022. "Mehr Selbstdisziplin macht Politikberatung besser [Self-Discipline Makes Policy Advice Better]," Wirtschaftsdienst, Springer;ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 102(7), pages 518-521, July.
    4. Strohner Ludwig & Berger Johannes & Thomas Tobias, 2019. "Sekt oder Selters? – Ökonomische Folgen der Reformzurückhaltung bei der Beendigung des Solidaritätszuschlags," Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, De Gruyter, vol. 19(4), pages 313-330, February.
    5. Justus Haucap, 2020. "Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Politikberatung in Deutschland: Stärken, Schwächen, Optimierungspotenzial," Springer Books, in: Dirk Loerwald (ed.), Ökonomische Erkenntnisse verständlich vermitteln, pages 45-78, Springer.
    6. Justus Haucap & Tobias Thomas & Gert G. Wagner, 2015. "Zu wenig Einfluss des ökonomischen Sachverstands? Empirische Befunde zum Einfluss von Ökonomen und anderen Wissenschaftlern auf die Wirtschaftspolitik," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 1449, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.

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    Keywords

    A11; A14; Z18;
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    JEL classification:

    • A11 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Role of Economics; Role of Economists
    • A14 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Sociology of Economics
    • Z18 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Public Policy

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