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Economics in Sweden : an evaluation of Swedish research in economics / edited by Lars Engwall.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Engwall, Lars
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economics--Research--Sweden--Evaluation.
- Economics.
- Economics--Sweden.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (254 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Taylor & Francis 1992
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Economics in Sweden contains the results of one of the most comprehensive attempts to evaluate research in economics ever undertaken. A team of Swedish and international researchers, including Avinash K. Dixit, Seppo Honkapohja and Robert M. Slow, examined the structure of economics in Sweden and its results. They identified postgraduate education as a key area, and their findings will be of particular relevence at a time when many countries are restructuring their graduate education programme.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures and Tables; Contributors; Abbreviations; 1. Points of departure; 2. Economics the Swedish way 1889-1989; 3. The economics of Swedish economics in the 1980s; 4. Recruiting a new generation; 5. Swedish economics on the international scene; 6. Swedish economics in the 1980s; 7. Organization of research; 8. Postgraduate education in Sweden; 9. Recommendations; Appendix A: Time schedule for the evaluation project; Appendix B: Professors of economics in Sweden 1741-1989; Appendix C: The role of institutions
- Appendix D: Doctoral theses in economics in Sweden 1895-1989Notes and references; Bibliography; Glossary; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- CC BY-NC-ND
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9786610539147
- 9781134907861
- 1134907869
- 9781134907878
- 1134907877
- 9781280539145
- 1280539143
- 9780203018552
- 0203018559
- OCLC:
- 252841195
- Access Restriction:
- Open access Unrestricted online access
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