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Estimating the economics Nobel Prize laureates' achievement from their fame

Claes, Anouk G.P

Estimating the economics Nobel Prize laureates' achievement from their fame created by Anouk G. P. Claes and Marc J. K. De Ceuster - Applied economics letters Volume 20, number 9 .

This article estimates the achievement of Nobel Prize winners in Economics according to a simple model that exponentially relates fame to achievement. Based on Google hits, Paul Krugman, Joseph Stiglitz and Milton Friedman turn out to be the top-three economists that achieved the most. It is clear that fame in economics is not merely based on pure academic achievement.

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Fame--Economists--Nobel prize

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