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on Sociology of Economics |
| By: | Lea Kosnik (Department of Economics, University of Missouri-St. Louis) |
| Abstract: | This paper presents the results of a text based exploratory study of over 20,000 academic articles published in seven top research journals from 1960-2010. The goal is to investigate the general research foci of economists over the last fifty years, how (if at all) they have changed over time, and what trends (if any) can be discerned from a broad body of the top academic research in the field. Of the 19 JEL-code based fields studied in the literature, most have retained a constant level of attention over the time period of this study, however, a notable exception is that of macroeconomics which has undergone a significantly diminishing level of research attention in the last couple of decades, across all the journals under study; at the same time, the “microfoundations” of macroeconomic papers appears to be increasing. Other results are also presented. |
| Keywords: | Text Analysis, Economics Research, Research Diversity, Topic Analysis. |
| JEL: | A11 B4 |
| Date: | 2014–09 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:msl:workng:1004&r=sog |
| By: | Stefano BIANCHINI; Francesco LISSONI; Michele PEZZONI; Lorenzo ZIRULIA |
| Abstract: | We investigate the effect of both research and consulting on higher education teaching quality at the individual level. We propose a theoretical model in which academics allocate limited time between three activities, over a two period horizon, under the assumption of positive spillovers from research to both consulting opportunities and teaching, and of life cycle effects on incentives. Propositions from the model are tested against teaching evaluation data from a mid-sized Italian engineering faculty. We find that research experience improves teaching quality, but only if it does not translate into large consulting opportunities. In that case, research experience provides too strong a disincentive to invest time in teaching, and quality deteriorates. |
| Keywords: | higher education; teaching; academic consulting; research; economics of science |
| JEL: | I21 I23 L84 O30 |
| Date: | 2014 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:grt:wpegrt:2014-15&r=sog |