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Cambridge Journal of Economics Advance Access originally published online on July 20, 2006
Cambridge Journal of Economics 2007 31(2):309-325; doi:10.1093/cje/bel021
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© The Author 2006. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Cambridge Political Economy Society. All rights reserved.

The Research Assessment Exercise, the state and the dominance of mainstream economics in British universities

Frederic S. Lee*

* University of Missouri-Kansas City

Address for correspondence: Department of Economics, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 5100 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA; email: leefs{at}umkc.edu

In previous research on the impact of the Research Assessment Exercise on heterodox economics and heterodox economists in the UK, the author concluded that reliance on Diamond List journals to rank departments would drive economic departments to discriminate positively in terms of their hiring, promotion and research strategies in favour of mainstream economists and their research, in order to maintain or improve their ranking. As a consequence, the author predicted there would be no or only a token presence of heterodox economists in an increasing number of departments. Whether the conclusions still hold and the predictions materialise is the subject of the paper.

Key Words: Research assessment exercise • Heterodox economics

JEL classifications: A14, A2, B50

Manuscript received August 1, 2005; final version received April 26, 2006.


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