Economists in the PITS?

International Review of Economics

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 335-346

  Frey, Bruno S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CREMA CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ECONOMICS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Academia; Economic methodology; Economists; Incentives; Journals; Publication

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450225470     PISSN: 18651704     EISSN: 18634613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12232-009-0081-x     Document Type: Article

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