We study the relationship between age and influence in a closed group of leading economists. We consider, as a measure of influence, monthly RePEc rankings and address the dynamics of rankings within the top group as a function of age. We find that the rankings peak at age 60 or 30 years after Ph.D. graduation. Differently from other leaders, current and future Nobel laureates do not experience deterioration of the rankings if their works and citations are discounted by recursive impact factor, and their ranking with respect to the breadth of citations across fields improves at old age.

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对经济和老龄化的影响

我们在一个封闭的领先经济学家小组中研究了年龄与影响力之间的关系。我们考虑将RePEc的每月排名作为一种影响力的衡量标准，并根据年龄的变化来探讨排名靠前的群体的排名动态。我们发现该排名在博士后60或30岁达到顶峰。毕业。与其他领导人不同的是，如果当前和未来的诺贝尔奖获得者的工作和引用被递归影响因子所打折，它们的排名就不会降低，并且相对于跨领域引用广度的排名在老年时会有所提高。