January 27, 2014 – A Fine TheoremSolely out of curiosity, I have been collecting data on the characteristics of economics job market “stars” over the past few years. In order to receive a tenure-track offer, an economist must first be “flown out” to a university to give a talk presenting their best research. I define a star using an somewhat arbitrary cutoff based on flyouts reported publicly online – roughly, the minimum cutoff
