Who will win the Nobel Prize?

Terence Tai Leung Chong, Cally Choi () and Benjamin Everard ()
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Cally Choi: London School of Economics
Benjamin Everard: George Washington University

Economics Bulletin, 2009, vol. 29, issue 2, 1107-1116

Abstract: This paper identifies the determinants of the Nobel Prize Award. The analysis is analogous in spirit to Hamermesh and Schmidt (Econometrica, 2003) on the election of Econometric Society fellows. It is found that the number of citations, age and nationality have significant impacts on the odds of winning the Nobel. We provide the first statistical evidence that John Bates Clark medalists and individuals affiliated with the University of Chicago have a higher chance of winning the Prize.

Keywords: Nobel Prize; John Bates Clark Medal; Logit Model. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A1 C2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009-05-22
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