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Prizes and Productivity

How Winning the Fields Medal Affects Scientific Output

George J. Borjas and Kirk B. Doran
Journal of Human Resources, July 2015, 50 (3) 728-758; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.50.3.728
George J. Borjas
George J. Borjas is the Robert W. Scrivner Professor of Economics and Social Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research; . Kirk B. Doran is an associate professor of economics at the University of Notre Dame; .
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George J. Borjas is the Robert W. Scrivner Professor of Economics and Social Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research; . Kirk B. Doran is an associate professor of economics at the University of Notre Dame; .
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vol. 50 no. 3 728-758
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.50.3.728
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University of Wisconsin Press
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0022-166X
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1548-8004
History 
  • Received February 1, 2014
  • Accepted May 1, 2014
  • Published online July 30, 2015.
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  1. George J. Borjas is the Robert W. Scrivner Professor of Economics and Social Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research; gborjas{at}harvard.edu. Kirk B. Doran is an associate professor of economics at the University of Notre Dame; kdoran{at}nd.edu.
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    • I. Introduction
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