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IS ECONOMICS A HOUSE DIVIDED? ANALYSIS OF CITATION NETWORKS
Author(s) -
Önder Ali Sina,
Terviö Marko
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
economic inquiry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.823
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1465-7295
pISSN - 0095-2583
DOI - 10.1111/ecin.12164
Subject(s) - citation , division (mathematics) , economics , cluster (spacecraft) , econometrics , mathematical economics , mathematics , library science , computer science , arithmetic , programming language
We investigate divisions within the citation network in economics using citation data between 1990 and 2010. We consider all partitions of top institutions into two equal‐sized clusters and pick the one that minimizes cross‐cluster citations. The strongest division is much stronger than could be expected to be found under idiosyncratic citation patterns and is consistent with the reputed freshwater/saltwater division in macroeconomics. The division is stable over time but varies across the fields of economics . ( JEL A11, D85, I23)