Tol, Richard S J (2022) Rise of the Kniesians: the professor-student network of Nobel laureates in economics. European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 29. pp. 680-703. ISSN 0967-2567

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Abstract

The paper presents the professor-student network of Nobel laureates in economics. 82 of the 87 Nobelists belong to one family tree. The remaining 5 belong to 3 separate trees. There are 376 men in the graph, and 5 women. Karl Knies is the central-most professor, followed by Wassily Leontief. No classical and few neo-classical economists have left notable descendants. Harvard is the central most university, followed by Chicago and Berlin. Most candidates for the Nobel prize belong to the main family tree, but new trees may arise for the students of Terence Gorman and Denis Sargan.

Item Type:	Article
Schools and Departments:	University of Sussex Business School > Economics
SWORD Depositor:	Mx Elements Account
Depositing User:	Mx Elements Account
Date Deposited:	20 Apr 2022 10:56
Last Modified:	12 Aug 2022 14:15
URI:	http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/105336

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