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Who will win the Nobel Prize?

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  • Terence tai-leung Chong

    (Department of Economics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

  • Cally Choi

    (London School of Economics)

  • Benjamin Everard

    (George Washington University)

Abstract

This paper identifies the determinants of the Nobel Prize Award. The analysis is analogous in spirit to Hamermesh and Schmidt (Econometrica, 2003) on the election of Econometric Society fellows. It is found that the number of citations, age and nationality have significant impacts on the odds of winning the Nobel. We provide the first statistical evidence that John Bates Clark medalists and individuals affiliated with the University of Chicago have a higher chance of winning the Prize.

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  • Terence tai-leung Chong & Cally Choi & Benjamin Everard, 2009. "Who will win the Nobel Prize?," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 29(2), pages 1107-1116.
    • Handle: RePEc:ebl:ecbull:eb-09-00260
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    1. Ho F. Chan & Franklin G. Mixon & Benno Torgler, 2018. "Relation of early career performance and recognition to the probability of winning the Nobel Prize in economics," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 114(3), pages 1069-1086, March.

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    Keywords

    Nobel Prize; John Bates Clark Medal; Logit Model.;
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    JEL classification:

    • A1 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics
    • C2 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables

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