Diamond A. "Measurement, incentives and constraints in Stigler ’s economics of science" Euro.J. History of Economic Thought 12:4 p.635-661, December 2005.

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AUTHOR  :  Arthur Diamond

TITLE   : Measurement, incentives and constraints in Stigler’s
          economics of science*

SOURCE  : Euro. J. History of Economic Thought 12:4 635 – 661 December 2005

ADDRESS : University of Nebraska at Omaha, Nebraska


Abstract

George J. Stigler’s seminal role as one of the founders of the economics of
science is summarized and evaluated. His main contribution rests in his
asking an array of important questions and arguing persuasively for the
application of empirical, and especially statistical, techniques to the
answering of those questions. He asks whether and how science progresses;
whether a scientist’s biography is important in understanding his science;
what characteristics of a scientist are most complementary to success in
science; and how the professionalization of science redirects the attention
of scientists more toward internal puzzle-solving, and less toward applied
relevance.

Includes discussion of Stigler’s contributions to citation analysis.

http://cba.unomaha.edu/faculty/adiamond/web/DiamondPDFs/StiglerEJHET.pdf

Readers of Sigmetrics are encouraged to visit the web site of Prof. Arthur
M. Diamond, a pioneer in he use of citation analysis in the field of
economics. The url for his recent paper on the Novelist George Stigler is
provided above, but access to many more of his works can be found at his
personal web page::

http://cba.unomaha.edu/faculty/adiamond/web/diahompg.htm