Co-authorship and the output of academic economists

Labour Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 503-530

  Hollis, Aidan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Academic research; Collaboration; D2; J0; Productivity; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043263354     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-5371(01)00041-0     Document Type: Article

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