Who Runs the AEA?
基于1950至2019年美国经济学会官员和落选候选人的传记数据，分析其领导层的教育和工作机构背景，发现少数机构长期主导且集中度随时间显著增强，并探讨了基于学术成就或特权自我延续的两种解释。
The leadership structure of the American Economic Association is documented using a biographical database covering every officer and losing candidate for AEA offices from 1950 to 2019. The analysis focuses on institutional affiliations by education and employment. The structure is strongly hierarchical. A few institutions dominate the leadership, and their dominance has become markedly stronger over time. Broadly two types of explanations are explored: that institutional dominance is based on academic merit or that it is based on self-perpetuating privilege. Network effects that might explain the dynamic of increasing concentration are also investigated.