Some Considerations Regarding the Role of “Academic Nepotism” in the Economic Research – the Case of Romania

?ãran-Moro?an Adrian () and Brãtian Vasile ()
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?ãran-Moro?an Adrian: “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu, Faculty of Economic Sciences
Brãtian Vasile: “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu, Faculty of Economic Sciences
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Adrian Moroşan

Ovidius University Annals, Economic Sciences Series, 2011, vol. XI, issue 2, 1291-1294

Abstract: The existence of a situation commonly found in economic research and sometimes called academic nepotism, other times methodological nepotism, characterized by the adoption by young researchers of almost unanimously accepted ideas by the academic world, rather out of convenience than conviction was observed and shown in detail in the scholarly literature. In this study we aim to analyze whether the legal regulations applicable to evaluate the research of the academic environment representatives in Romania encourages methodological (or academic) nepotism.

Keywords: academic nepotism; methodological nepotism; long tail theory; economic research in Romania; evaluation criteria for research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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