Mathis, Edward J.; Zech, Charles E. - In: Eastern Economic Journal 18 (1992) 2, pp. 221-228
Evaluating faculty research is an important task. There have been a number of studies attempting to rank economics … journals. This study considers another outlet for faculty research, regional economics conferences. Five regional conferences … quality; and the number of attendees from top-ranked economics departments. The empirical results are mixed, with the Western …