Calgary Econ PhD or Bielefeld Econ PhD or SMU Econ PhD

jojo_happy123UID: 3500789

如题，收到这两家的offer. SMU是指Singapore Management University。看到版友给了一位同学热情的回复，于是受到感染上来发帖询问。

求了解的版友给指点一下。非常感谢！

Alex.WUID: 3336251

帮顶，等牛牛们回答！

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Alex.W 发表于 2014-3-14 21:46
帮顶，等牛牛们回答！

多谢多谢！

fuliang07UID: 3490795

院友帮顶，哈哈，美国的大牛们现在估计在忙

albert88UID: 3136200

怎么说呢，别的不太清楚。要是按Tilburg收录的2008-2012发文排名的话，Calgary和SMU都胜过bielefeld不少。
但是，这个论文排名感觉很奇怪。比如TAMU在大家心目中和USNEWS中应该是很强的，至少是TOP50，可是按照这个排名无论是总论文数还是AER、JPE等五大牛刊的数量都很少，远远排不到美国前50，在这里面跟bielefeld基本上在一个水平，在美国也就是70多名的水平。
还请大牛来解释其中玄机。

cemabullUID: 3411481

帮顶！

sevennickUID: 2587019

SMU~

maominghaicufeUID: 3425885

相信你也可以得到大神的建议的，看快沉了。帮顶一下

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sevennick 发表于 2014-3-15 01:17
SMU~

大牛！听说你很久了。你是对德国和bielefeld的econ有了解吗？求多说几句。我不清楚德国的导师制度是怎样，兴趣上是更喜欢bielefeld,但担心大boss没有时间指导，会让团队中的其他老师指导。会这样吗？

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maominghaicufe 发表于 2014-3-15 12:18
相信你也可以得到大神的建议的，看快沉了。帮顶一下

谢谢！要不我也把名字的后缀改为cufe算了。呼唤大牛们的帮助！

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albert88 发表于 2014-3-14 22:30
怎么说呢，别的不太清楚。要是按Tilburg收录的2008-2012发文排名的话，Calgary和SMU都胜过bielefeld不少。
...

是的，这个排名是有些奇怪

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fuliang07 发表于 2014-3-14 22:14
院友帮顶，哈哈，美国的大牛们现在估计在忙

多谢！

sevennickUID: 2587019

jojo_happy123 发表于 2014-3-15 12:35
大牛！听说你很久了。你是对德国和bielefeld的econ有了解吗？求多说几句。我不清楚德国的导师制度是怎样， ...

Bielefeld is a decent school in Germany, but not comparable to the top ones. Personally I don't like the chair system in Germany/Switzerland, you are basically hooked up with one chair/boss since the very moment you start your phd. So if your interest changes or you become interested in working with another professors, it is hardly possible (especially if you are funded by your chair). The only advantage of the chair system is probably that you can start to be guided to do research earlier than in a departmental system. SMU Econ offers a standard graduate school program, which means you will get well trained in the first year, and you can freely choose your advisor afterwards. Moreover, if you don't know german, I think it is hard to find a job in Germany, and I guess Bielefeld is not enough to place you to other decent schools in Europe.  On the other hand, I think even you cannot find a ideal academic position after graduate from SMU, you can still easily find an industrial job in either China or Singapore.  

crawlingUID: 3133522

帮顶！我个人感觉，是否合适比placement更重要

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crawling 发表于 2014-3-15 09:16
帮顶！我个人感觉，是否合适比placement更重要

你最后选择哪里决定了吗？
啥时候发大神经验总结帖啊？