A game theoretic analysis of faculty competition and academic standards

Higher Education Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 175-182

  Correa, Hector ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 0037776686     PISSN: 09528733     EISSN: 17403863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8733(01)00008-3     Document Type: Article

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