摘要
本文主要研究在五大顶级期刊(Top Five,以下简称“T5”)上发表文章与经济院系终身教职获取的关系。通过对被美国排名前35的经济院系所聘用的常任轨经济学者的分析,我们发现T5发文对终身教职授予的决定和终身教职转换率有巨大影响。一项对初级教员看法的调查结果佐证了正式的统计分析。追求在T5上发表文章,已经成了下一代经济学家所痴迷的事情。然而,T5的筛选眼光远不可靠。相当一部分具有影响力的文章发表在T5之外的期刊上。依靠T5来筛选人才,激励的只是他们的名利心,而非创造力。
作者
詹姆斯·J.赫克曼
唐昱茵
何庆麒
刘静怡
杨虎涛 ,教授,博士生导师,中国社会科学院经济研究所外国经济思想史研究室主任,《经济思想史学刊》副主编,享受国务院特殊津贴专家,中国演化经济学年会主席,中华外国经济学说研究会副会长,中国政治经济学会常务理事,全国马克思列宁主义经济学说史学会常务理事。长期从事外国经济思想史与当代流派的研究,近年来主要进行数字经济与中国经济发展、国家能力等相关问题的研究。主持、完成国家社科基金重大项目、重点项目、一般项目、重大项目子课题多项,主持教育部人文社科基金项目一项、省市软科学重点项目多项,在《经济研究》、《中国工业经济》、《中国社会科学内部文稿》、《马克思主义研究》、《人民日报》(理论版)、《光明日报》(理论版)、《经济日报》(理论版)等报刊上发表论文150余篇,多篇论文被《新华文摘》、《中国社会科学文摘》、人大复印报刊资料转载。
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