Replication data for: Does Science Advance One Funeral at a Time?

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Pierre Azoulay; Christian Fons-Rosen; Joshua S. Graff Zivin

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Project Citation:

Azoulay, Pierre, Fons-Rosen, Christian, and Graff Zivin, Joshua S. Replication data for: Does Science Advance One Funeral at a Time? Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2019. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-12-07. https://doi.org/10.3886/E116188V1

Project Description

Summary: 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.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      I23 Higher Education; Research Institutions
      O31 Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
      O33 Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes

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