Economics Professors' Favorite Economic Thinkers, Journals, and Blogs (along with Party and Policy Views)

William L. Davis, Bob G. Figgins, David Hedengren and Daniel Klein

Econ Journal Watch, 2011, vol. 8, issue 2, 126-146

Abstract: A sample of 299 U.S. economics professors, presumably random, responded to our survey which asked favorites in the following areas: Economic thinkers (pre-twentieth century, twentieth century now deceased, living age 60 or older, living under age 60), economics journals, and economics blogs. First-place positions as favorite economist in their respective categories are Adam Smith (by far), John Maynard Keynes followed closely by Milton Friedman, Gary Becker, and Paul Krugman. For journals, the leaders are American Economic Review and Journal of Economic Perspectives. For blogs, the leaders are Greg Mankiw followed closely by Marginal Revolution (Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok). The survey also asked party-voting and 17 policy-view questions, and we relate the political variables of respondents to their choice of favorites.

Keywords: Economists; favorite economists; economics journals; economics blogs; party; voting; policy views; survey; Adam Smith (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A13 A14 B0 B1 B2 B3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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