Why Try? The Superstar Effect in Academic Performance

IF 1.1 Q3 ECONOMICS

Eastern Economic Journal Pub Date : 2021-08-20 DOI:10.1057/s41302-021-00197-5

Hernández-Julián, Rey, Peters, Christina

引用次数: 2

Abstract

Although the superstar effect has been documented in sports tournaments, there are few empirical tests outside sports. We estimate the impact of superstars in a classroom. We find that college students in a classroom with superior academic performers earn grades about 1% lower than when they are in classrooms without such outliers. Outliers at the bottom end of the distribution are also harmful. Since high achievers perform worse in the presence of outliers at both the top and low end of the academic distribution, we argue that the manipulation of incentives is the mechanism behind our estimated effect.

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为什么尝试?学习成绩中的超级明星效应

虽然超级明星效应已经在体育赛事中被记录下来，但在体育之外的实证测试却很少。我们估计超级明星在课堂上的影响。我们发现，在学习表现优异的班级里，大学生的成绩比在没有这种异常值的班级里的学生低1%左右。分布底部的异常值也是有害的。由于在学术分布的高端和低端都存在异常值时，高成就者的表现更差，我们认为，激励的操纵是我们估计效果背后的机制。

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Eastern Economic Journal ECONOMICS-

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期刊介绍： The Eastern Economic Journal, a quarterly publication of the Eastern Economic Association, was established in 1973. The EEJ publishes papers written from every perspective, in all areas of economics and is committed to free and open intellectual inquiry from diverse philosophical perspectives. It welcomes manuscripts that are methodological and philosophical as well as empirical and theoretical. Readability and general interest are major factors in publication decision.