Academic effectiveness of Russian higher economic schools

E.V. BALATSKY
Doctor of Economics (DSc), Professor, Leading Staff Scientist at the Central Economics and Mathematics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (CEMI RAS), Head of Department of migration management and regional development at the State University of Management, Moscow

N.A. EKIMOVA
Candidate of Economics (PhD), Associate Professor at the Department of State and Municipal Administration, The State University of Management, Moscow

TERRA ECONOMICUS, 2014, Vol. 12 (no. 1),

p. 13-27

In recent years, competition among Russian higher economic schools increased. To establish the results of this competition, the article suggests a special academic ranking designed to determine the effectiveness of research activities of Russian universities, based on the account of their publications in leading economic journals of the country. The ranking is made for the period from 2010 to 2012. Verification of the stability of the ranking is made. A model of the universities’ success is revealed

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Keywords: higher economic education; academic ranking; competition

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Publisher: Southern Federal University
Founder: Southern Federal University
ISSN: 2073-6606