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| Tekijä: | Dalen, H. P. van |
| Otsikko: | Accumulating knowledge over the economist's lifetime |
| Lehti: | Kyklos
1998 : VOL. 51:3. p. 359-378 |
| Asiasana: | ECONOMISTS KNOWLEDGE ECONOMICS LITERATURE HUMAN CAPITAL RESEARCH NETHERLANDS |
| Kieli: | eng |
| Tiivistelmä: | In this paper the reading behaviour of economists is examined to see whether particular types of knowledge - basic and applied - imply different investment patterns. The reading intensity of papers containing advanced economics declines with 3 to 6 percent per year of experience, although researchers and economists with a mathematical background start with a higher initial stock of knowledge of this type of literature. Investment in applied knowledge remains constant over time. Applied literature is not frequently read by mathematical economists, although they catch up with their non-mathematical colleagues in 12 to 15 years time. Besides the nature of knowledge, institutional incentives seem to matter. |
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