Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Series: Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers
Creation-Date: 2022-08-06
Number: 22-051/V
Author-Name: Richard S.J. Tol
Author-Workplace-Name: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Title: Nobel students beget Nobel professors
Abstract: It is unclear whether the hierarchy in the economics profession is the result of the agglomeration of excellence or of nepotism. I construct the professor-student network for laureates of and candidates
for the Nobel Prize in Economics. I study the effect of proximity
to previous Nobelists on winning the Nobel Prize. Conditional on
being Nobel-worthy, students and grandstudents of Nobel laureates
are not significantly more or less likely to win. Professors of Nobel
Prize winners, however, are significantly more likely to win.

Classification-JEL: Z13, A14, D85
Keywords: Network formation, Research training, Nobel prize
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