Does The John Bates Clark Medal Boost Subsequent Productivity And Citation Success?

Ho Fai Chan, Bruno Frey, Jana Gallus and Benno Torgler

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Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Awards; Incentives; Research; John Bates Clark Medal; Synthetic control method (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A13 C23 M52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-02
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