International Conference on Eurasian Economies
1-3 July 2014 – Skopje, MACEDONIA
Paper detail
Paper ID : 856
Status : Paper published
Language : Turkish
Topic : Regional Economics
Presenter: Prof. Dr. Murat Çokgezen
Session : 7C Kalkınma IV
Transformation in Economics Education in Transition Countries and International Visibility: The Case of Balkan Economists
Geçiş Ülkelerinde İktisat Eğitiminde Dönüşüm ve Uluslararası Görünürlük: Balkan İktisatçıları Örneği
- Prof. Dr. Murat Çokgezen (Marmara University, Türkiye)
- Asst. Prof. Dr. Jale Çokgezen (Marmara University, Türkiye)
Abstract
In the socialist era, economists, like other scientists, had limited connections to the West and their work rarely appeared in international journals due to methodological differences between the Western and the socialist scholars in social sciences, inadequacies in English, and other legal restrictions. After the collapse of socialism, legal barriers were lifted but the new republics still needed new economists equipped with the requirements of the new economic order based on private property and market mechanisms. To this end, they reorganized their economics curricula, published new textbooks, and trained students and academics. Aim of this study is to discuss impact of policies adopted in economics education by transition countries on publication performances of economists in former socialist countries in Balkan region. In this regard, articles published by the economists of former socialist countries in the Balkans between 1990 and 2013 are examined. The articles published in journals indexed by Scopus database are classified on the bases of countries, dates, authors, affiliations, journals and subjects. Long term trends derived from these classifications are interpreted. The results of this study show that number of publications by Balkan economists in Scopus economics journals increased gradually over 1990-2013 period: Particularly, increasing number of regional journals indexed in the Scopus soared the international publications of the Balkan economists. Overwhelming majority of these works are in English, published in regional journals and are about regional issues. The study also revealed that most of the contributors are affiliated to big, old, public universities of the region.
JEL codes: A12, I23, A11
Çokgezen, Murat, Çokgezen, Jale (2014). "Transformation in Economics Education in Transition Countries and International Visibility: The Case of Balkan Economists" in Proceedings of International Conference of Eurasian Economies 2014, pp.671-675, Skopje, MACEDONIA.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36880/C05.00856
