Research output in New Zealand economics departments 2000–2006: A stock approach*

Evaluating research – peer review team assessment and journal based bibliographic measures: New Zealand PBRF research output scores in 2006

“…It is important to note that the inequality or 'power' of a weighting scheme can derive from inequality in the weights applied to the journals actually evaluated (aggressiveness) or the number of journals that receive no evaluation or a zero weight (range). Further discussion of the weighting schemes used here can be found in Tressler (2008 and.…”

Ranking Economics Departments in Terms of Residual Productivity: New Zealand Economics Departments, 2000-2006*

“…We have illustrated this methodology by applying it to the research output of academic economists in New Zealand's university-based economics departments, as measured by six different journal weighting schemes. Our results show that Victoria, a department that was ranked 4 th on weighted pages per capita in Anderson and Tressler (2008a) and 4 th in the New Zealand government's PBRF exercise, ties with Otago as the nation's highest ranked department.…”

“…The primary database employed in this study is discussed in depth in Anderson and Tressler (2008a). It has been augmented by data from John Gibson on gender, years of experience, and name of PhD granting institution (if applicable) for all academic staff in our core database.…”

Our Friends across the Ditch: A Brief Sketch of the New Zealand Academic Economics Profession*

“…The academic branch of the economics profession in New Zealand, both in Copland’s time and now, has always been tiny, numbering no more than between 130 and 150 economists this century. Although there have been numerous studies of the research productivity of the local economics profession (Bairem, 1996; Anderson and Tressler, 2008a), there have been few quantitative surveys of its size, structure and professionalization apart from the recent paper by Abbott and Ali (2010). This paper provides a snapshot of the profession between the years 2000 and 2010; an interval that allows key trends to be captured.…”