What Determines the Academic and Professional Participation of Economists?

A casual overview of rankings of economics departments and economists conducted by Internet Documents in Economics Access Service (IDEAS) would reveal that economists of some countries participate more vigorously (than those of some other countries) in academic and professional activities. Assuming that economists (working in various teaching and research institutions) all over the world are engaged in academic and professional activities which, to a great extent, is reflected in their publications, it is a natural question to ask as to why there is so much of variation among different countries regarding the relationship between the total number of economists and the total number of participating economists. This is the query that has motivated the present work. URL: [http://www.freewebs.com/nehu_economics-a/eco-participation.pdf]