Abstract

This paper studies research interests, paradigmatic orientation and political involvement among roughly 700 full professors of economics at universities located in German-speaking countries. We collect biographical and institutional information on these professorships to derive indicators for research orientation, paradigmatic stance and political involvement. The main contribution of this paper is empirical; it documents the fairly homogeneous paradigmatic stance of German-speaking academic economics, analyzes the interplay between paradigmatic orientation and the policy process and contributes to a better understanding of the role of economic experts in German economic policymaking. Regarding the latter, we found that a highly asymmetric involvement of (under-represented) pluralist/heterodox perspectives relative to (over-represented) ordoliberal views in policy contexts is characteristic of economic policymaking in Germany.

摘要

本文研究了德语国家大学约 700 名经济学正教授的研究兴趣、范式定位和政治参与。我们收集有关这些教授职位的传记和机构信息，以得出研究方向、范式立场和政治参与的指标。本文的主要贡献是实证的；它记录了讲德语的学术经济学相当同质的范式立场，分析了范式导向和政策过程之间的相互作用，并有助于更好地理解经济专家在德国经济决策中的作用。关于后者，