Explaining the inability of economists to practice what they preach: The funding of the American Economic Review with author charges

Journal of Economic Methodology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-43

  Scheiding, Thomas David ^a  

^a ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics of science; History of economics; Journals; Research funding; Scholarly communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449564782     PISSN: 1350178X     EISSN: 14699427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501780802684245     Document Type: Article

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