Dataset: creat_life_cyc2.csv Sources: D.W. Galenson (2003). "Literary Life Cycles: The Careers of American Poets." Working Paper 9856, National Bureau of Economic Research. D.W. Galenson (2004). "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young or Old Innovator: Measuring the Careers of Modern Novelists." Working Paper 10213, National Bureau of Economic Research. D.W. Galenson and J. Kotin (2005). "Filming Images or Filming Reality: The Life Cycles of Movie Directors from D.W. Griffith to Federico Fellini," Working Paper 11486, National Bureau of Economic Research. Description: Age at peak of career for 36 creativists classified as novelists, poets, and film directors and by their style: Conceptualists(finders)/experimentalists(seekers). Criteria: Poets: Median age for their 5 most re-printed poems. Novelists: Median age at publishing for their 3 most important novels Film Directors: Median age for their films with highest film guide ratings Variable names creator crType /* 1= Poet, 2=Novelist, 3=Film Director */ Style /* 1=Conceptualist, 2=Experimentalist */ XA1 /* 1 if Poet, 0 if Nov, -1 if Film */ XA2 /* 1 if Nov, 0 if Poet, -1 if Film */ XB1 /* 1 if Conceptualist, -1 if Experimental */ XAB11 /* XA1*XB1 */ XAB21 /* XA2*XB1 */ agePeak