I'm posting this in an effort to get the HRMs at EconJobRumors to think of Appalachian Podunk State as something other than a best redneck department or a place where the biggest incentive to publish is so you can leave:
Appalachian State University’s Department of Economics has one of the world’s top programs in the fields of experimental economics and environmental economics, according to a prestigious worldwide organization that disseminates economics research.
In its report “Top 10% Institutions and Economists,” Research Papers in Economics ranked Appalachian’s Department of Economics in the Walker College of Business 27th in the world in experimental economics and 81st in the world in environmental economics. The rankings were released in October and include all academic and non-academic research institutions globally.
Among U.S. universities, Appalachian’s experimental economics group ranked 14th behind the University of Virginia and California Institute of Technology and ahead of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University. Appalachian’s environmental faculty ranked 34th among U.S. universities, ahead of the University of California-Davis and the University of Wisconsin. ...
Anonymity allows you to say the dangedest things, doesn't it (yes, I'm looking at you c901!)?
Caveat: We realize that RePEc misses a lot of folks who aren't registered so no need to point that out!
