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Anmerkungen und Kritik zu den Ökonomen-Rankings 2015 von Handelsblatt, FAZ und RePEc

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  • Alexander Butz
  • Klaus Wohlrabe

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Im September 2015 veröffentlichten das Handelsblatt und die Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung nahezu gleichzeitig ihre Ökonomen-Rankings. In dem Artikel werden neben einer Betrachtung von Methodik und Ansatz die drei Rankings verglichen und einer Kritik unterzogen.

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  • Alexander Butz & Klaus Wohlrabe, 2016. "Anmerkungen und Kritik zu den Ökonomen-Rankings 2015 von Handelsblatt, FAZ und RePEc," ifo Schnelldienst, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 69(10), pages 37-44, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:ces:ifosdt:v:69:y:2016:i:10:p:37-44
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    Ökonomen; Wirtschaftswissenschaft; Bibliometrie; Wirtschaftszeitschrift;
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    • A11 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Role of Economics; Role of Economists

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