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Summer Break

Touring the Black Forest: Feldberg & Titisee Ends;

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Covid-19 vaccination paper now published OPEN ACCESS in the Archives of Public Health.

Published today, 18 July 2022. Vu M. Ngo, Klaus F. Zimmermann, Phuc V. Nguyen, Toan Luu Duc Huynh and Huan H. Nguyen (2022). “How education and GDP drive the COVID-19 vaccination campaign”, UNU-MERIT Working Paper #2021-046. CEPR Discussion Paper No. … Continue reading

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In memoriam, Francesco Pastore.

It is with great sadness that we have to accept the much too early death of Professor Francesco Pastore (*June 6, 1966; +July 13, 2022) of Università della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli. He has been an excellent economist, a great servant … Continue reading

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EDITORS’ PANEL SESSION at the 40th EBES Conference

During the EBES 40 Conference (6-8 July 2022) in Istanbul and hybrid, an Editor’s Panel Session on July 6 discussed publication issues in research journals. 4 Editors-in-Chief exchanged views and answered questions from the local and worldwide audience moderated by … Continue reading

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Just released: Clarivate Impact Factor ranks the Journal of Population Economics substantially higher – now 4.7 (2021) from 2.8 (2020)!

This confirms the strong upward trend in performance of the Journal of Population Economics already documented by the Scopus Cite Score, see LINK. While the Scopus Cite Score measures the contributions of journals with a broader coverage and a more … Continue reading

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Wissenschaftliche Politikberatung als Herausforderung. Diskussionsbeitrag von Klaus F. Zimmermann in ‘Wirtschaftliche Freiheit. Das ordnungspolitische Journal’ vom 22. Juni 2022.

Was sind die strukturellen Herausforderungen der Beratungsverflechtung von Wissenschaft und Politik? Welche Aufgaben ergeben sich aus der “Zeitenwende” des Ukarinekrieges? Diesen Fragen geht Klaus F. Zimmermann (Universität Bonn, Freie Universität Berlin & Global Labor Organization, GLO) in einem Beitrag für … Continue reading

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Is the European Union on course to become the big loser in the global tech race? A symposium of views in the new issue of ‘The International Economy’ with a contribution of Klaus F. Zimmermann.

THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY, The magazine of international economic policy, SPRING 2022 issue Current issue and past issues “Global analysts say that the United States and China are in a race to achieve the most advanced technological breakthroughs. The winner will … Continue reading

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Just released: Scopus CiteScore ranks the Journal of Population Economics substantially higher – now 6.5 (2021) after 3.9 (2020)!

Unlike impact factors, CiteScore measures the contributions of journals with a broader coverage and more long-term (4 years) basis. The May 2022 published scores for 2021 are defined as: “CiteScore 2021 counts the citations received in 2018-2021 to articles, reviews, … Continue reading

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Klaus F. Zimmermann: Covid-19 related research. #TopDownloadedArticle.

Contributions to the Covid-19 debate receive broad attention. The Zimmermann et al. (2020) paper (see below) gets #TopDownloadedArticle status in the journal The World Economy. The Covid-19 related research includes: Vu M. Ngo, Klaus F. Zimmermann, Phuc V. Nguyen, Toan … Continue reading

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Research on Economic Preferences: Klaus F. Zimmermann will present in the UNU-MERIT Research Symposium, May Event Series, on Monday 16 May, 2022.

Professor Klaus F. Zimmermann (UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University and GLO) will participate in the events around the “UNU-MERIT: 15 Year Celebration” next week. He contributes to the May Event Series: Research Seminars on May 16, 2022 by reporting about his work … Continue reading

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