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S1 Ep29: Superstar economists

Dec 28, 201812 minSeason 1Ep. 29
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Episode description

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.

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