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Does Science Advance One Funeral at a Time?
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We examine how the premature death of eminent life scientists alters the vitality of their fields. While the flow of articles by collaborators into affected fields decreases after the death of a star scientist, the flow of articles by non-collaborators increases markedly. This surge in contributions from outsiders draws upon a different scientific corpus and is disproportionately likely to be highly cited. While outsiders appear reluctant to challenge leadership within a field when the star is alive, the loss of a luminary provides an opportunity for fields to evolve in new directions that advance the frontier of knowledge. (JEL I23, O31, O33)
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- Azoulay, P., Fons-Rosen, C., & Zivin, J. S. G.
- Venue
- American Economic Review
- Publisher
- American Economic Association
- Published
- 2019-08-01
- Volume
- 109
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 2889-2920
- ISSN
- 0002-8282 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2193631239
- Cited by
- 371
- References
- 56
- FWCI
- 20.53
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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