Research choice and finance in university bioscience

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1238-1255

  Buccola, Steven ^a   Ervin, David ^b   Yang, Hui ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Bank of America Corp   (United States)

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EID: 66349097440     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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