Browsing Department of Economics by Subject "JEL Classification Number: A23"

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    • Can You Earn a Ph.D. in Economics in Five Years? 
      Stock, Wendy A.; Finegan, T. Aldrich; Siegfried, John J. (Vanderbilt University, 2008)
      We investigate which of the students who entered economics Ph.D. programs in fall 2002 were more likely to earn a Ph.D. within five years, and which were more likely to have dropped out. Students enrolled in Top-15 ranked ...
    • Does Teaching Load Affect Faculty Size? 
      Becker, William E.; Greene, William H.; Siegfried, John J. (Vanderbilt University, 2008)
      Random effects estimates using panel data for 42 colleges and universities over 16 years reveal that the economics faculty size of universities offering a Ph.D. in economics is determined primarily by the long-run average ...
    • Incentives and the Effects of Publication Lags on Life Cycle Research Productivity in Economics 
      Conley, John P.; Crucini, Mario J.; Driskill, Robert A.; Onder, Ali Sina (Vanderbilt University, 2011)
      We investigate how increases in publication delays have affected the life-cycle of publications of recent Ph.D. graduates in economics. We construct a panel dataset of 14,271 individuals who were awarded Ph.D.s between ...