Does the John Bates Clark Medal boost subsequent productivity and citation success?

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

No 111, ECON - Working Papers from Department of Economics - University of Zurich

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 nonrecipient 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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