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Collaborative Research in Economics

The Wisdom of Working Together

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Provides expert advice applicable to collaborative researchers in all fields of academia
  • Includes contributions from Nobel Prize winners Paul A. Samuelson and Vernon L. Smith
  • Offers perspectives from each of economics' major sub-disciplines
  • Combines anecdotal and empirical evidence

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
  2. Introduction

    • Lall B. Ramrattan, Michael Szenberg
    Pages 1-30
  3. On Collaboration in General Economics

    • Paul Samuelson
    Pages 31-40
  4. Reflections on Our Collaboration in Industry Studies

    • Walter Adams, James W. Brock
    Pages 41-50
  5. Collaborative Choices in Econometrics

    • Charles F. Manski
    Pages 95-108
  6. A Serial Collaborator

    • David Colander
    Pages 123-135
  7. Why We Collaborate in Mathematical Ways

    • Graciela Chichilnisky
    Pages 153-161
  8. Coauthors and Collaborations in Labor Economics

    • Ronald G. Ehrenberg
    Pages 227-249
  9. Why Collaborate in International Finance?

    • Rachel McCulloch
    Pages 257-273
  10. My Collaborations in Game Theory

    • L. G. Telser
    Pages 275-288
  11. Co-authors in History

    • Stanley Engerman
    Pages 289-294

About this book

This collection gathers some of the greatest minds in economics to discuss their experiences of collaborative research and publication. Nobel Prize winners and other eminent scholars from a representative sample of economics' major sub-disciplines share how and why they came to work primarily in partnerships or on their own, whether naturally or by necessity. The contributions include discussions of personal experiences, statistical analyses, different levels of investment, and how the digital age has changed researcher interactions. As budget cuts and resource consolidation make working together vital in ever more fields of academia, this book offers valuable advice to help young and seasoned scholars alike identify the right co-author(s).

Editors and Affiliations

  • Touro College, Brooklyn, NY, USA

    Michael Szenberg

  • University of California Berkeley Extension, Berkeley, USA

    Lall B. Ramrattan

About the editors

Michael Szenberg is Distinguished Professor of Economics and Chair of the Business and Economics Department at Touro College, USA. He is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of the Lubin School of Business at Pace University, USA. He is recipient of many awards, including the 2013 John R. Commons Award, and he served as the editor, Emeritus, of The American Economist (1973-2011).


Lall B. Ramrattan is Instructor at the University of California, Berkeley, USA. He has served as an associate editor of The American Economist, and holds a PhD from the New School for Social Research, USA.


Szenberg and Ramrattan have collaborated on journal articles, encyclopedia entries, and more than 17 books.




Contributors


Walter Adams, Michigan State University, USA
William A. Barnett, University of Kansas, USA
William J.Baumol, New York University, USA
Mary Ellen Benedict, Bowling Green State University, USA
James W. Brock, Miami University, USA
Graciela Chichilnisky, Columbia University, USA
David Colander, Middlebury College, USA
Ronald G. Ehrenberg, Cornell University, USA
Stanley Engerman, University of Rochester, USA
Daniel S. Hamermesh, Royal Holloway University of London, UK
Geoffrey Harcourt, Cambridge University, UK
Rachel McCulloch, Brandeis University, USA
Charles F. Manski, Northwestern University, USA
Susan Rose-Ackerman, Yale University, USA
Paul Samuelson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Vernon L. Smith, Chapman University, USA
L. G. Telser, University of Chicago, USA
W. Kip Viscusi, Vanderbilt University, USA
Richard Zeckhauser, Harvard University, USA

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Softcover Book USD 139.99
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Hardcover Book USD 139.99
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