Ranking Economics Departments Worldwide on the Basis of PhD Placement
通过博士毕业生当前任职院系的价值来反推培养院系的价值，构建了全球58个顶尖经济学系的排名，对博士生、学者和政策制定者有参考价值。
Abstract: Four rankings of economics departments worldwide in terms of graduate education are constructed. The central methodological idea is that the value of a department is the sum of the values of its PhD graduates, as reflected in the values of their current employing departments. Scores are derived as solutions to linear simultaneous equations in the values. The sample includes the top fifty-eight departments, the composition of which is determined endogenously, invoking a criterion requiring more than three placements in the sample. Illuminating the current state and trends of economics PhD education, the conclusions should be of broad interest to PhD candidates, academics and policy makers.