Can you earn a Ph.D. in economics in five years?

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 523-537

  Stock, Wendy A ^a   Finegan, T Aldrich ^b   Siegfried, John J ^b,c  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attrition; Completion; Economic education; Graduate education

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; HIGHER EDUCATION; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

EID: 68249131029     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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