Incentives and Creativity: Evidence from the Academic Life Sciences

Despite its presumed role as an engine of economic growth, we know surprisingly little about the drivers of scientific creativity. We exploit key differences across funding streams within the academic life sciences to estimate the impact of incentives on the rate and direction of scientific explo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Pierre, Azoulay, Graff Zivin, Joshua S., Gustavo, Manso
Other Authors: Sloan School of Management
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Rand Corporation 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/64640
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6511-4824