RAE Ratings and Research Quality: The Case of Economics Departments

Sofronis Clerides, Panos Pashardes and Alexandros Polycarpou ()

University of Cyprus Working Papers in Economics from University of Cyprus Department of Economics

Abstract: The RAE ratings, while intended for allocating research funds to UK universities, are often used as quality indicator by academics and students throughout the world. Yet the same outcome has been criticised as biased in favour of universities that are old, located in England, large and represented on the assessment panel. Although a naive approach can suggest otherwise, the RAE ratings of Economics departments in 1996 and 2001 investigated here are in quite close agreement with the profession's view of research quality as documented by independent rankings in the academic literature.

Keywords: RAE ratings; university rankings; research funding (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 7 pages
Date: 2006-09
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