Collaborative Research in Economics - The Wisdom of Working Together

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).

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