Die Frage nach dem Wesen der Gerechtigkeit ist eine in Ökonomie, Politik und Philosophie umstrittene Frage. Die nachstehende Zusammenschau von philosophischen Argumenten zum Wesen und dem rechten Verständnis von "Gerechtigkeit" als normativem Konzept versucht dabei nicht nur einen groben...

This paper provides an introduction to a unifying heterodox approach to the micro-macro link in economics. We emphasize the analytical problems that may arise from popular misunderstandings about the relationship of individual and aggregate level and thereby illustrate why a thorough...

Citation metrics and its related indices and rankings become increasingly important in the evaluation of research. Such indices are part of a more general tendency aiming for the simplification of complex and interconnected phenomena through quantification. The purpose of our contribution is to...

This paper studies the research interests, paradigmatic orientation and political orientation of about 700 full professors of economics at universities located in German-speaking countries. In doing so, we captured biographical and institutional information on these professorships by collecting...