Publish or perish? The increasing importance of publications for prospective economics professors in Austria, Germany and Switzerland

German Economic Review

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 457-472

  Graber, Michael ^a   Launov, Andrey ^b   Wälde, Klaus ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic labor market; Austria and Switzerland; Germany; Tenure

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; LABOR MARKET; TENURE RELATIONS;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 52249103693     PISSN: 14656485     EISSN: 14680475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0475.2008.00449.x     Document Type: Article

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