Does the John Bates Clark Medal Boost Subsequent Productivity and Citation Success?
CESifo, Munich, 2013
CESifo Working Paper No. 4419
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Despite the social importance of awards, they have been largely disregarded by academic research in economics. This paper investigates whether a specific, yet important, award in economics, the John Bates Clark Medal, raises recipients’ subsequent research activity and status compared to a synthetic control group of non-recipient scholars with similar previous research performance. We find evidence of positive incentive and status effects that raise both productivity and citation levels.
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