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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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Kirk B. Doran
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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