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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In terms of particular programs at two of these colleges, Williams is notable for art history and Amherst is notable for neuroscience. Both offer[b]national-level economics programs[/b].[/quote]
[b]What does that mean?[/b] Amherst also seems to have very few permanent faculty and dedicated faculty to neuroscience.[/quote]
With respect to the economics departments of Williams and Amherst, their faculty contribute research papers to economics journals at a rate greater than that of the faculty at some national universities over ten times their size.[/quote]

They really don’t. The RePEc lists have multiple lists for this kind of thing, including ones that weight by the number of authors. [b]Williams doesn’t crack the top 100 on any list. Amherst isn’t in the top 500.[/b]

Which is fine. They are LACs and they aren’t expected to. But let’s not overstate it.

Agree with the other poster though that Williams > Amherst in this field.[/quote]
Williams does and Amherst is:

Economics rankings: US Economics Departments | IDEAS/RePEc https://share.google/225VTxHl9RkRS6nW0[/quote]

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