Adam Smith goes to college: An economist becomes an academic administrator

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 99-116

  Ehrenberg, Ronald G ^a  

^a and History   (United States)

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EID: 0038112752     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.13.1.99     Document Type: Article

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