The career effects of scandal: Evidence from scientific retractions

Research Policy

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 1552-1569

  Azoulay, Pierre ^a,b   Bonatti, Alessandro ^a   Krieger, Joshua L ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fraud; Reputation; Retractions; Scandal; Scientists; Status

Indexed keywords

CRIME;

FRAUD; REPUTATION; RETRACTIONS; SCANDAL; SCIENTISTS; STATUS;

BIOGRAPHIES;

EID: 85028762724     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2017.07.003     Document Type: Article

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