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Paper tiger? : Chinese science and home bias in citations

Qiu, Shumin; Steinwender, Claudia; Azoulay, Pierre - 2025

We investigate the phenomenon of home bias in scientific citations, where researchers disproportionately cite work from … their own country. We develop a benchmark for expected citations based on the relative size of countries, defining home bias …

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Who stands on the shoulders of Chinese (scientific) giants? : evidence from chemistry

Qiu, Shumin; Steinwender, Claudia; Azoulay, Pierre - 2023

it. In this manuscript, we study how fertile Chinese research is, as measured by citations. Using publication and … citation data for elite Chemistry researchers, we show that Chinese authored articles receive only half the citations from the … research, Chinese PIs' articles receive 28% fewer citations from US researchers. Our results imply that US researchers do not …

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Endogeneous Matching in University-Industry Collaboration: Theory and Empirical Evidence from the UK

Banal-Estañol, Albert; Macho-Stadler, Inés; … - 2013

We develop a two-sided matching model to analyze collaboration between heterogeneous academics and firms. We predict a positive assortative matching in terms of both scientific ability and affinity for type of research, but negative assortative in terms of ability on one side and affinity in the...

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Key success drivers in public research grants : funding the seeds of radical innovation in academia?

Banal-Estañol, Albert; Macho-Stadler, Inés; … - 2016

projects suggests that, voluntarily or involuntarily, the evaluation process in these organizations is biased against radical …

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Do Twitter's science stars get a citation premium?

Lessmann, Christian; Önder, Ali Sina - 2023

report, pays off in terms of an increased number of citations. To establish a causal relationship, we use the COVID-19 global … difference-in-differences analysis for annual incoming citations of the two groups. We find that the Twitter star status added … about 1.07 extra citations following the breakout of COVID-19 per year per article, corresponding to about 70% of the …

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Timing is everything : evidence from college major decisions

Patterson, Richard W.; Pope, Nolan G.; Feudo, Aaron - 2019

People rely on their experiences when making important decisions. In making these decisions, individuals may be significantly influenced by the timing of their experiences. Using administrative data, we study whether the order in which students are assigned courses affects the choice of college...

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Generative AI's impact on student achievement and implications for worker productivity

Hausman, Naomi; Rigbi, Oren; Weisburd, Sarit - 2025

Student use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in higher education is reshaping learning and redefining the skills of future workers. Using student-course data from a top Israeli university, we examine the impact of generative AI tools on academic performance. Comparisons across more and less...

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Earnings expectations of "first-in family" university students and their role for major choice

Adler, Katharina; Kosse, Fabian; Nagler, Markus; … - 2025

How do students’ earnings expectations differ by being the first in their family to attend university (FiF) and how do they affect field of study choice? We leverage unique survey and administrative data from a German university to document sizable gaps in expected earnings between FiF and...

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The impact of higher education on employer perceptions

Stans, Renske; Ehrmantraut, Laura; Siemers, Malin; … - 2025

Do employers seek to attract individuals with more education because it enhances human capital or because it signals higher levels of pre-existing traits? We experimentally vary master’s degree completion rates on applicant résumés and examine how this influences candidates’ desirability...

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The importance of financial resources for student loan repayment

Lochner, Lance; Stinebrickner, Todd R.; Suleymanoglu, Utku - 2013

Government student loan programs must balance the need to enforce repayment among borrowers who can afford to make their payments with some form of forgiveness or repayment assistance for those who cannot. Using unique survey and administrative data from the Canada Student Loan Program, we show...

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