Sources: Christmas Spending Survey 2012, Deloitte; NRF’s Holiday Survival Kit (US only); HSBC Christmas Spending Survey 2012 (UK only)
Archive for the ‘Research’ Category
Christmas Economics: Which Countries Spend the Most and on What?
written by Anastasia Sharova
Posted:
21/12/12
Halloween Economics: Who Spends Money on What?
written by Anastasia Sharova
Posted:
31/10/12
Halloween is a highly commercialized holiday in the US, with people of all ages celebrating and spending. Expected Halloween spending of US consumers in 2012 almost equals government expenditures of Kenya. According to surveys conducted Read more
To Open Access or Not?
Arguments For and Against the ‘Open Access’ Movement
written by Helen Appleby
Posted:
19/07/12
‘Open Access’ has been a bit of a buzzword in academic circles over the last couple of years. Its rise to popularity has come from a combination of factors including the increased price to access academic journals, as well as increased access to the internet, which has had the effect of speeding up the rate at which information travels.
The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) defines ‘Open Access’ as “journals that use a funding model that does not charge readers or their institutions for access,” which encompasses both ‘self-archiving’ and ‘gold access’ publishing. The former is done by an author uploading their work on a website accessible to the public whereas the latter is a model whereby the author pays to submit their article to an established journal which will then be accessible to the public. Read more
Research Funding in Economics in Europe
written by Anastasia Sharova
Posted:
02/07/12
Source: Survey on Research Funding for the Social Sciences in Europe, Ramon Marimon, Igor Guardiancich, Mike Mariathasan, Eva Rossi, European University Institute, 2011
Searching and applying for funding opportunities is an ongoing process in any research department. The amount of paper work, complicated grants applications and high time expenditures have even created a demand for professionals who are able to deal with the complex administration procedures.
Last year the European University Institute (Academic Careers Observatory of Max Weber Programme) published a Survey on Research Funding for the Social Sciences in Europe. The survey discloses Read more
Growth of Econ Research in China
Research Output of Economics Departments by Country
written by Christopher Nash
Posted:
04/05/12
The Tilburg University Economics Ranking Sandbox
For anyone that doesn’t know it, the Tilburg University Economics Ranking, which ranks economics departments based on contributions to articles published in any one of 62 (mostly English-language) economics-related journals, is well worth a look.
US Institutions still Dominant
As well as the headline ranking, anyone interested can use the sandbox ranking to define which years, countries or journals should be taken into account. Sorting the data by country and year, and based on contributions to all of the 62 journals sampled, the unsurprising dominance of US scholars Read more
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