THE LIFE CYCLE RESEARCH OUTPUT OF PROFESSORS IN AUSTRALIAN ECONOMICS DEPARTMENTS: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS BASED ON SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRES

Economic Papers

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 30-46

  Bhattacharya, Mita ^b   Smyth, Russell ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

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EID: 33646444454     PISSN: 08120439     EISSN: 17593441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-3441.2003.tb00341.x     Document Type: Article

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