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.
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机译：尽管奖项具有社会重要性，但经济学方面的学术研究在很大程度上忽略了奖项。本文研究了经济学的一项特殊但重要的奖项，即约翰·贝茨·克拉克奖章（John Bates Clark Medal），与先前研究表现相似的非收件人学者的综合对照组相比，是否提高了收件人的后续研究活动和地位。我们发现积极的激励和地位效应可以提高生产率和引文水平。
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