Awards before and after the nobel prize: A matthew effect and/or a ticket to one's own funeral?

Research Evaluation

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 210-220

  Chan, Ho Fai ^a   Gleeson, Laura ^a   Torgler, Benno ^a,b,c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b EBS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c CREMA CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ECONOMICS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Awards; Matthew effect; Nobel laureates; Nobel Prize; Recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904308539     PISSN: 09582029     EISSN: 14715449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/reseval/rvu011     Document Type: Review

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