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Europe's Eminent Economists: A Quantitative Analysis

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Reiner Eichenberger
Bruno S. Frey

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This paper considers the European countries' output of eminent economists, i.e. the 160 most often cited academics in the period 1993-96. The influence of the size of the population and GNP is analyzed, and a ranking of the top-20 scholars is provided. The United Kingdom outperforms: it is leading with respect to the absolute number, per capita, and GNP per capita. More surprisingly, most small countries do very well if size is accounted for. The four large Continental countries only do well according to the absolute number of eminent economists. But weighted by population and GNP they chop back dramatically.

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Keywords: economics of economics; eminent economists; citations; scientometrics;

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  1. Machin, Stephen & Oswald, Andrew, 2000. "UK Economics and the Future Supply of Academic Economists," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 110(464), pages F334-49, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Blank, Rebecca M, 2000. "The State of British Economics," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 110(464), pages F350-54, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  3. Frey, Bruno S & Eichenberger, Reiner, 2000. "Who's Who in Economics?," Kyklos, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 53(4), pages 581-85.
  4. Freeman, Richard B, 2000. "The Changing State of Economics in the United Kingdom and United States," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 110(464), pages F355-57, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  5. Reiner Eichenberger & Ursina Meier & Rolf Arpagaus, 2000. "Ökonomen, Publikationen und Zitationen: Ein europäischer Vergleich," Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 1(2), pages 143-160, 05. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  6. Kalaitzidakis, Pantelis & Mamuneas, Theofanis P. & Stengos, Thanasis, 1999. "European economics: An analysis based on publications in the core journals," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 43(4-6), pages 1150-1168, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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