What Do We Say about Ourselves and What Does It Mean? Yet Another Look at Economics Department Research

By Jerry G. Thursby. 2000

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Education

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Measuring productivity of research in economics: A cross-country study using DEA (2006, methodology): “…an increasing number of studies which attempt to rank economics departments by considering as inputs, e.g., faculty size, the ratio of faculty per students, the number of federal grants or the expenditures on library acquisitions (Conroy and Dusansky, 1995; Scott and Mitias, 1996; Thursby, 2000).”
University Efficiency: A Comparison and Consolidation of Results from Stochastic and Non‐stochastic Methods (2006, methodology): “Thursby (2000) applies this method to the research rankings of economics departments.”
Citations in Economics: Measurement, Uses and Impacts (2018, background): “See, e.g., Cartter (1966), Roose and Andersen (1970), and National Research Council (1995), based on surveys of impressions (with Thursby 2000 showing that ratings only partly reflect publication and citation counts of the rated departments); Gerrity and McKenzie (1978), perhaps the first article…”
Where Are the Economists Who Publish? Publication Concentration and Rankings in Europe Based on Cumulative Publications (2003, background): “This list includes all the 50 departments ranked in Dusansky and Vernon (1998) (Table 1) as well as the top 50 departments of Thursby (2000).”
Efficiency in education: a review of literature and a way forward (2017, unknown): “…journals, Johnes and Johnes (1993) (1995), Sinuany-Stern et al (1994), Johnes and Johnes (1995), Mar-Molinero (1996), Madden et al (1997), Thursby (2000), Ying and Sung (2000), Cherchye and Vanden Abeele (2005), Stevens (2005), Bonaccorsi et al (2006), Bougnol and Dulá (2006), Kocher et…”