Status Spillovers: The Effect of Status-conferring Prizes on the Allocation of Attention

Volume: 63, Issue: 4, Pages: 819 - 847
Published: Sep 20, 2017
Abstract
We investigate the effect of a status-enhancing prize on the attention that a recipient’s “neighbors” subsequently receive. Do neighbors—individuals who work in economic, intellectual, or artistic domains that are proximate to prize winners—bask in the reflected glory of the ascendant actor and therefore gain as well? Or does competition for attention ensue, attenuating the recognition neighbors would otherwise have garnered? We study the...
Paper Details
Title
Status Spillovers: The Effect of Status-conferring Prizes on the Allocation of Attention
Published Date
Sep 20, 2017
Volume
63
Issue
4
Pages
819 - 847
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