Insights Into The Importance Of Economic Concepts To Other Introductory Business Courses

The current study uses results of a survey of non-economics business faculty to determine the importance of economic concepts in non-economics introductory business courses. The results give economists data to make the principles of economics course more relevant to the business student and bolster efforts by accrediting bodies to achieve greater business curricular integration

Isn’t It Ironic? Research Rewards And Teaching Taxes

The use of person-specific data for economists across all types of public academic institutions provides several insights into the academic wage equation for economists.   First, this study confirms the alignment of the academic incentive structure with the underlying value of scholarship in an academic institution, i.e. scholarship pays off.  Interestingly, though, the richness of this data set allows for a better understanding of that payoff.  For while economists at doctoral granting institutions earn more on average than their counterparts at non-doctoral granting institutions, the marginal benefit for additional publications is higher for those economists at non-doctoral granting institutions.Most importantly, the study validates the recent findings of Binder et al. (2012) that the incentive structure at academic institutions imposes a teaching tax.  Whether at doctoral or non-doctoral granting institutions, the marginal cost of teaching undergraduates is significant although there is a positive return to award-winning teaching.  Thus, despite the inherent educational mission of the Academy, this study supports the ironic conclusion teaching imposes a tax on the academic economist.

Explaining Gender Differentials In Scholarly Productivity: The Case Of Academic Economists

The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of personal characteristics, institutional factors, and time-competing workplace requirements on scholarly productivity in peer-reviewed economics journals.  The study utilizes a unique data set of individual-specific information for 714 academic economists.  The multivariate regression analysis shows that both teaching and service commitments reduce scholarly work in peer reviewed journals.  The paper also presents an analysis of the data disaggregated by gender.  While the impact of teaching and service on productivity appears roughly similar, the results indicate that collaborative efforts, whether formal or informal, benefit women’s publication efforts more than their male counterpart

Resuscitating The Dormant Accounting Scholar

Despite the fundamental importance of publication to the academic institution, there are a significant number of dormant accounting scholars who simply do not publish.  Building upon an existing literature on the determinants of academic productivity, this paper identifies factors which have the potential to revive scholarly productivity.  Specifically, the current research reinforces the positive impact of scholarly presentations, sabbatical leave, and teaching assistants on reviving the dormant scholar.  Similarly, reducing activities which compete for the academic’s time (teaching undergraduate courses, consulting, and service to the institution) will increase the odds of publication.&nbsp

Structural change in the relationship between presidential popularity and inflation and unemployment: the Nixon and Ford presidencies

A quadratic presidential popularity function for the Nixon and Ford presidencies is estimated. Using monthly data it is found that there is a structural change in the relationship between presidential popularity and inflation and unemployment between the two presidencies. This result strengthens the authors' earlier finding that one must be wary of using a single social preference function between inflation and unemployment that is time invariant.

Sex Steroid Hormones in Older Men: Longitudinal Associations with 4.5-Year Change in Hip Bone Mineral Density—The Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Study

Context: There is limited information on the association between sex hormones and bone loss in older men