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Fall 2010
ISSN 0890-913X
Volume 26, Number 1

The Transition Economist: From Athlete to Doctoral Mentor

Benjamin Powell, Texas Tech University
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TheTransitionEconomist:FromAthletetoDoctoralMentorTheJournalofPrivateEnterprise26(1),2010,21-26BenjaminPowell*SuffolkUniversityAbstractAthleticcoachesdevotecountlesshourstostrategizingabouthowtomotivatetheirplayers.Academicmentorsspendmuchlesstimethinkingabouthowtomotivatetheirstudents.PeterBoettkeisaformerathleteandanactivebasketballcoachaswellasaprofessorofeconomics.Thisbriefpaperrelateshowhisbackgroundinathleticsinfluenceshismentoringofeconomicsdoctoralstudents.JELCodes:A23,B53Keywords:Coaching;Graduateteaching;MentorshipI.IntroductionAcademiceconomicsishighlycompetitive.1Soisathletics.Thousandsofbookshavebeenwrittenoncoachingstrategiesforhowtomotivateplayersandgetthemtoplayasateam.2Yet,intheworldofcompetitiveacademiceconomics,littleattentionhasbeenpaidtothetopic.PeterBoettkeisarareacademicwhodoesthinkabouthowtomotivatehisstudentsandgetthemtofittogetherasateamtoadvancelibertarianism.WhenIfirstmetPetehewasseatedbehindapileofbookswearingsneakersandawindbreakersuit.Hetookmetolunchand*IthankEdwardStringhamforsomehelpfulcommentsonpreviousdrafts.However,anyexcessivescholarlinessthatdoesnotadvancetheargumentsinthepaperisalsoaresultofsatisfyinghiscomments.1Forinstance,therearehundredsofapplicantsforeachjoblistedintheJOE,onlyasmallfractionoftheprofessionwilleverpublishinthetopjournals,andtheprofessioneventracksrankingsofthetopyoungeconomists(seehttp://ideas.repec.org/top/top.young.html).2AsearchonAmazon.comforcoachingbooksfinds10,632matches.RainerMartensSuccessfulCoachingisthealltimebest-sellingcoachingbook.Itsnowinitsthirdeditionandhassoldmorethan500,000copiessinceitfirstcameout(http://www.amazon.com/Successful-Coaching-3rd-Rainer-Martens/dp/0736040129).21
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