Faculty salaries and the maximization of prestige

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 633-668

  Melguizo, Tatiana ^a,c   Strober, Myra H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Rossier School Education   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensation; Economics; Faculty; Prestige maximization

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250821681     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-006-9045-0     Document Type: Review

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