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S1 Ep29: Superstar economists
Season 1 · Episode 29

S1 Ep29: Superstar economists

VoxTalks Economics

December 28, 201811m 48s

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Show Notes

We usually measure the effectiveness of economists by how many papers they publish, or how many citations they get. But a new measure takes into account their influence on the work of their colleagues as well. Michael König explains to Tim Phillips how this works, and who gets to be number one.

Read more about the research on VoxEU.org.