Rise of the Kniesians: The professor-student network of Nobel laureates in economics

Richard Tol

Working Paper Series from Department of Economics, University of Sussex Business School

Abstract: The paper presents the professor-student network of Nobel laureates in economics. 72 of the 77 Nobelists belong to one family tree. The remaining 5 belong to 3 separate trees. There are 350 men in the graph, and 4 women. Karl Knies is the central-most professor, followed by Wassily Leontief. Harvard is the central-most university, followed by Chicago and Berlin. Most candidates for the Nobel prize belong to the main family tree, but new trees may arise for the students of Terence Gorman and Denis Sargan.

Keywords: social network; professor-student relationship; Nobel Prize (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A14 B20 B31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-03
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-his, nep-hpe, nep-mic and nep-sog
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Journal Article: Rise of the Kniesians: the professor-student network of Nobel laureates in economics (2022)
Working Paper: Rise of the Kniesians: The professor-student network of Nobel laureates in economics (2021)
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