On training PhDs in economics: What can economics programs learn from those in agricultural economics?

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 608-615

  Perry, Gregory M ^a  

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EID: 0039701699     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1244567     Document Type: Article

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