Fishes, ponds, and productivity: Student-advisor matching and early career publishing success for economics phds

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 290-303

  Hilmer, Michael J ^a   Hilmer, Christiana E ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 68049128111     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: 14657295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.2007.00108.x     Document Type: Article

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