IS ECONOMICS A HOUSE DIVIDED? ANALYSIS OF CITATION NETWORKS

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Journal: Economic Inquiry
Year: 2015
Volume: 53
Issue: 3
Pages: 1491-1505

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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</fi>. (<fi>JEL</fi> A11, D85, I23)

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RePEc Handle
repec:bla:ecinqu:v:53:y:2015:i:3:p:1491-1505
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
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2026-01-26