Welchen Einfluss haben Wissenschaftler in Medien und auf die Wirtschaftspolitik?

Justus Haucap, Tobias Thomas and Gert Wagner

Wirtschaftsdienst, 2015, vol. 95, issue 1, 68-75

Abstract: The “FAZ Economists Ranking”, which considers not only economists’ research output but also their political and public influence, shows that there are very few economists currently doing research that has been taken up widely in the research community, in the media and by policy makers. The paper presents sensitivity analyses and evidence about the influence of non-economists. One could argue that the quality of research output does not significantly determine the impact of research on policy, media and decision makers. However, even if one reduces the weight of the quality of research output in the overall indicator, the rankings change only minimally. Furthermore, compared to economists, the influence of non-economists on economic policy is marginal. Copyright ZBW and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015

Keywords: A11; A14; Z18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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