Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics
Working Paper Series,
Uppsala University, Department of Economics
No 2013:5: Is Economics a House Divided? Analysis of Citation Networks
Ali Sina Önder () and Marko Terviö ()
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Ali Sina Önder: Department of Economics, Postal: Department of Economics, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 513, SE-751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
Marko Terviö: Aalto University, Postal: School of Business, Department of Economics, Box 21240, 00076 Aalto, Finland
Abstract: We investigate divisions within the citation network in economics using citation data between 1990 and 2010. We consider all partitions of top institutions into two equal-sized clusters, and pick the one that minimizes cross-cluster citations. The strongest division is much stronger than could be expected to be found under idiosyncratic citation patterns, and is consistent with the reputed freshwater/saltwater division in macroeconomics. The division is stable over time, but varies across the fields of economics.
Keywords: citations; clustering; influence; schools of thought
22 pages, February 23, 2013
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