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The economists ranking is a list of the best that economists in Germany, Switzerland and Austria rate unscientific according to three different criteria (research, media, political advice). Such was published in Germany for the first time in 2013 and now annually from now on. The FAZ economists ranking aims to evaluate the performance of a scientist more comprehensively. This is in contrast to the Handelsblatt economist ranking (of the competition), which only evaluates pure research performance. The FAZ ranking in Germany is developed in cooperation with other partners, published in Switzerland by the NZZ and in Austria by the newspaper Die Presse .

methodology

The economists ranking is based on the aggregation of three different rankings that measure performance in different areas: research, media presence and policy advice. For the ranking from 2015, citations by economists in scientific journals and selected handbooks and monographs from 2011 to 2015 with data as of August 2015 were recorded in the research area. It didn't matter in which year a post was published. The citations were recorded on the basis of the research database Scopus (database) from Elsevier . Since only the past five years have been considered, the focus is on the current impact. Lifetime achievement, d. H. Even citations before this period, by an economist, are not shown. The second ranking deals with the media presence of the scientists. For the period from August 2014 to July 2015, the Swiss institute Media Tenor counted all mentions by economists in national German newspapers, television programs and radio news. This goes beyond mere quotation counting, i. H. the name had to be in connection with a longer explanation in order to be counted. To do this, the quote had to be written on around five lines. To measure policy advice, the Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE), ECONWATCH - Society for Political Analysis eV and the Central Library for Economics (ZBW) conducted a survey among members of the Bundestag and Landtag as well as senior ministerial officials at federal and state level. They should indicate the advice or publications of which economists they particularly value, whereby they could name a total of up to five economists. The survey counted a total of 101 participants, 98 of whom answered the question about economists.

In order to be listed in the aggregated ranking, an economist had to meet two conditions: First, he had to achieve at least five media quotations or five ranking points in the political survey. In addition, there had to be at least five citations in specialist journals from the Scopus database. The economists were ranked in each category. The first place received 250 points, all others got their points proportionally according to their performance. The overall ranking resulted from the sum of the points of the individual rankings, whereby the research ranking was counted twice. The maximum achievable result was therefore 1000 points.

FAZ economists ranking

2019

The overall ranking for 2019 was published on September 21, 2019.

rank Surname institution Points total
1 Ernst Fehr University of Zurich 503
2 Clemens Fuest Ifo Institute 468
3 Hans-Werner Sinn LMU Munich 342
4th Marcel Fratzscher HU Berlin 300
5 Bruno Frey Center for Research in Economics, and Statistics Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts 187
6th Ferdinand Dudenhoeffer University of Duisburg-Essen 172
7th Ottmar Edenhofer PIK Potsdam 168
8th Peter Bofinger University of Würzburg 165
9 Lars Feld Walter Eucken Institute 154
10 Gabriel Felbermayr IfW Kiel 149

2018

The overall ranking 2018 was published on August 31, 2018:

rank Surname institution Points total
1 Ernst Fehr University of Zurich 517
2 Clemens Fuest ifo Institute for Economic Research 511
3 Marcel Fratzscher German Institute for Economic Research Berlin 311
4th Hans-Werner Sinn ifo Institute for Economic Research 295
5 Bruno S. Frey Center for Research in Economics, and Statistics Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts 186
6th Christoph Schmidt RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research 138
7th Gabriel Felbermayr ifo Institute for Economic Research 135
8th Peter Bofinger Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg 134
9 Michael Hüther Institute of the German Economy 134
10 Lars Feld Walter Eucken Institute 131

2017

The overall ranking 2017 was published on September 1, 2017:

rank Surname institution Points total
1 Clemens Fuest ifo Institute for Economic Research 511
2 Ernst Fehr University of Zurich 511
3 Hans-Werner Sinn ifo Institute for Economic Research 332
4th Marcel Fratzscher German Institute for Economic Research Berlin 309
5 Bruno S. Frey Center for Research in Economics, and Statistics Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts 179
6th Peter Bofinger Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg 145
7th Lars Feld Walter Eucken Institute 136
8th Reinhard Busse TU Berlin 110
9 Gustav Horn Institute for Macroeconomics and Business Cycle Research 109
10 Ludger Woessmann ifo Institute for Economic Research 109

2016

The overall ranking 2016 was published on September 3, 2016:

rank Surname institution Media (quotes) Media (points) Politics (mentions) Politics (points) Research (quotes) Research (points) Points total
1 Ernst Fehr University of Zurich 6th 6th 9 19th 13039 250 525
2 Hans-Werner Sinn Ifo Institute 262 244 110 235 423 8th 496
3 Clemens Fuest Ifo Institute 227 212 117 250 279 5 472
4th Marcel Fratzscher German Institute for Economic Research Berlin 268 250 84 179 1052 20th 470
5 Lars Feld Walter Eucken Institute 55 51 51 109 693 13 187
6th Bruno S. Frey Center for Research in Economics, and Statistics Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts 7th 7th 0 0 4428 85 176
7th Armin Falk University of Bonn 8th 7th 7th 15th 2971 57 136
8th Peter Bofinger Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg 52 49 33 71 24 0 120
9 Axel Ockenfels University of Cologne 25th 23 9 19th 1843 35 113
10 Achim Wambach Centre for European Economic Research 35 33 29 62 177 3 101

2015

The FAZ shows the top 100 of the aggregated ranking on its website. The top 10 for the year ranking of 2015 is given by:

  1. Hans-Werner Sinn
  2. Ernst Fehr
  3. Marcel Fratzscher
  4. Clemens Fuest
  5. Bruno S. Frey
  6. Peter Bofinger
  7. Lars Feld
  8. Armin Falk
  9. Gustav Horn
  10. Claudia Kemfert

The results in the individual rankings show that no economist is strongly represented in all categories; the focus, on the other hand, seems to be either on media and political presence or on research.

The top 10 from 2014 and 2013 are documented below. It should be noted, however, that the results cannot be compared directly with one another, as the methodology has changed slightly every year.

2014

The top 10 from 2014 is given by:

  1. Hans-Werner Sinn
  2. Marcel Fratzscher
  3. Axel Ockenfels
  4. Ludger Woessmann
  5. Dietmar Harhoff
  6. Clemens Fuest
  7. Friedrich Schneider
  8. Lars Feld
  9. Gert Georg Wagner
  10. Christoph M. Schmidt

2013

The top 10 from 2013 is given by:

  1. Lars Feld
  2. Christoph M. Schmidt
  3. Marcel Fratzscher
  4. Kai A. Konrad
  5. Hans-Werner Sinn
  6. Claudia Kemfert
  7. Jürgen Wasem
  8. Claudia Maria book
  9. Clemens Fuest
  10. Gert Georg Wagner

NZZ economists ranking

2016

The NZZ has 48 economists on its website for the 2016 ranking. The top 10 consists of:

  1. Ernst Fehr , University of Zurich
  2. Reiner Eichenberger , University of Friborg
  3. Jan-Egbert Sturm , KOF Zurich
  4. Bruno S. Frey , Center for Research in Economics, and Statistics Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts
  5. Hans-Werner Sinn , Ifo Institute
  6. Mathias Binswanger , University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland
  7. Monika Bütler , University of St. Gallen
  8. Heiner Flassbeck , Flassbeck Economics
  9. Alfonso Sousa-Poza , University of Hohenheim
  10. Klaus Wellershoff , Wellershoff & Partners

2015

The NZZ has 51 economists on its website for the 2016 ranking. The top 10 for 2015 are:

  1. Ernst Fehr
  2. Jan-Egbert Sturm
  3. Bruno S. Frey
  4. Reiner Eichenberger
  5. Hans-Werner Sinn
  6. Monika Bütler
  7. Christoph Schaltegger
  8. Klaus Wellershoff
  9. Aymo Brunetti
  10. Ernst Baltensperger

The press economists ranking

2019

The ranking was published on September 21, 2019.

  1. Ernst Fehr , University of Zurich
  2. Martin Kocher , IHS Vienna
  3. Margit Schratzenstaller Wifo, Vienna
  4. Christoph Badelt , Wifo, Vienna
  5. Tobias Thomas EcoAustria
  6. Stephan Schulmeister , Wifo, Vienna
  7. Friedrich Schneider , University of Linz
  8. Gabriel Felbermayr , Institute for the World Economy
  9. Christian Helmenstein , Federation of Industrialists
  10. Marcel Fratzscher , German Institute for Economic Research

2018

The ranking was published on September 1, 2018.

  1. Ernst Fehr , University of Zurich
  2. Christoph Badelt , Wifo, Vienna
  3. Margit Schratzenstaller , Wifo, Vienna
  4. Martin Kocher , IHS Vienna
  5. Stephan Schulmeister , Wifo, Vienna
  6. Tobias Thomas, EcoAustria
  7. Bernhard Felderer , Economica Institute Vienna
  8. Friedrich Schneider , University of Linz
  9. Christian Helmenstein, Federation of Industrialists
  10. Helmut Hofer, IHS Vienna

2017

The ranking was published on September 1, 2017.

  1. Ernst Fehr , University of Zurich
  2. Christoph Badelt , Wifo, Vienna
  3. Martin Kocher , IHS Vienna / LMU Munich
  4. Bernhard Felderer , Economica Institute Vienna
  5. Margit Schratzenstaller , Wifo, Vienna
  6. Friedrich Schneider , University of Linz
  7. Karl Aiginger , WU, Vienna
  8. Gottfried Haber , Danube University Krems
  9. Stephan Schulmeister , Wifo, Vienna
  10. Clemens Fuest , Ifo Institute, Munich

2016

The ranking was published on September 3, 2016

  1. Ernst Fehr , University of Zurich
  2. Karl Aiginger , Austrian Institute for Economic Research (WIFO)
  3. Bernhard Felderer , Economica Institute Vienna
  4. Friedrich Schneider , University of Linz
  5. Gottfried Haber , Danube University Krems
  6. Hans-Werner Sinn , Ifo Institute
  7. Christian Helmenstein , Economica Institute Vienna
  8. Stephan Schulmeister , Austrian Institute for Economic Research (WIFO)
  9. Christian Keuschnigg , University of St. Gallen
  10. Margit Schratzenstaller , Austrian Institute for Economic Research (WIFO)

2015

The press shows 23 economists for Austria in the 2015 ranking. The top 10 for 2015 are:

  1. Friedrich Schneider
  2. Hans-Werner Sinn
  3. Marcel Fratzscher
  4. Christian Keuschnigg
  5. Karl Aiginger
  6. Stephan Schulmeister
  7. Lars Feld
  8. Sigrid Stagl
  9. Margit Schratzenstaller
  10. Bernhard Felderer

2014

The press identified 17 economists for the 2014 ranking for Austria. The top 10 for 2014 were:

  1. Friedrich Schneider, University of Linz
  2. Christian Keuschnigg, Institute for Advanced Studies
  3. Marcel Fratzscher, German Institute for Economic Research
  4. Karl Aiginger, Austrian Institute for Economic Research (WIFO)
  5. Lars Feld, University of Freiburg
  6. Stephan Schulmeister, Austrian Institute for Economic Research (WIFO)
  7. Hans-Werner Sinn, Ifo Institute
  8. Josef Zechner , Vienna University of Economics and Business
  9. Margit Schratzenstaller, Austrian Institute for Economic Research (WIFO)
  10. Christian Helmenstein, Federation of Industrialists

A comparison of the top 10 between the three countries shows that a few economists from Germany also contribute to the economic policy debate in neighboring countries and are also present in the local media. But this also applies to the Swiss economist Ernst Fehr, who is also represented in the German top 10.

criticism

One point of criticism of the ranking relates to the aggregation of the overall ranking. The condition that an economist must receive at least five points in the media or political ranking in order to be included in the overall ranking is problematic. If researchers are excluded from the research ranking, this leads to a distortion of the research ranking and thus to a distortion of the overall ranking. Overall, the threshold of five has been chosen ad hoc. Per se, the use of threshold values ​​automatically excludes certain scientists from a ranking.

Web links

Individual evidence

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  3. ↑ Patrick Bernau: FAZ Economists Ranking: Who is the Most Influential Economist? . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine , September 21, 2019.
  4. ↑ FAZ economists ranking: Germany's most influential economists , as of October 4, 2019.
  5. ↑ FAZ: FAZ Ranking List of Economists: Germany's Most Influential Economists 2018 . ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed July 7, 2019]).
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  9. ↑ [3] Methodology FAZ Ranking 2012. Retrieved on July 26, 2016.
  10. ↑ [4] Comments on the FAZ Ranking 2013, Ifo Working Paper. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  11. ↑ [5] Comments on the 2014 FAZ Ranking, ifo Schnelldienst . Retrieved July 26, 2016.
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  14. ↑ The complete ranking lists nzz.ch. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
  15. ↑ [8] , nzz.ch. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  16. ↑ diepresse.com: Top 20: These economists shape Austria . Article dated September 1, 2018, accessed September 1, 2018.
  17. ↑ Economists Ranking: The Explainers in Public Debate. In: The press . September 21, 2019, accessed September 21, 2019 .
  18. ↑ diepresse.com: Top 20: These economists shape Austria . Article dated September 1, 2018, accessed September 1, 2018.
  19. ↑ diepresse.com: Top 20: These economists shape Austria . Article dated September 1, 2017, accessed September 5, 2017.
  20. ^ The results in Austria
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  22. ↑ diepresse.com: Top 17: These economists shape Austria . September 2014 article, accessed July 13, 2017.