Measuring giants and dwarfs: Assessing the quality of economists

TY - JOUR

T1 - Measuring giants and dwarfs

T2 - Assessing the quality of economists

AU - Van Dalen, H. P.

N1 - Copyright: Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

PY - 1997

Y1 - 1997

N2 - The emergence of ideas in economic science is dominated by scientists situated in the US. The brain drain to the US after de Second World War gave economic scientists who stayed behind a chance to obtain a monopoly position in determining the development of economics in their home country. These facts are illustrated by a citations study of economic science in the Netherlands. Especially one man, the Nobel laureate Jan Tinbergen, has left an indelible mark on the way Dutch economic science has developed. The development of Dutch economics shows strong path-dependence.

AB - The emergence of ideas in economic science is dominated by scientists situated in the US. The brain drain to the US after de Second World War gave economic scientists who stayed behind a chance to obtain a monopoly position in determining the development of economics in their home country. These facts are illustrated by a citations study of economic science in the Netherlands. Especially one man, the Nobel laureate Jan Tinbergen, has left an indelible mark on the way Dutch economic science has developed. The development of Dutch economics shows strong path-dependence.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0037992750&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1007/BF02457411

DO - 10.1007/BF02457411

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:0037992750

SN - 0138-9130

VL - 38

SP - 231

EP - 252

JO - Scientometrics

JF - Scientometrics

IS - 2

ER -