Are leading papers of better quality? Evidence from a natural experiment

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-11

  Coupé, Tom ^a   Ginsburgh, Victor ^b,c   Noury, Abdul ^b  

^a Kyiv School of Economics Ukraine   (Ukraine)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; DATA QUALITY; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77952722367     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: 14643812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpp019     Document Type: Article

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