Research Quality Rankings of Heterodox Economic Journals in a Contested Discipline

American Journal of Economics and Sociology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1409-1452

  Lee, Frederic S ^a   Cronin, Bruce C ^b   McConnell, Scott ^a   Dean, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 78449270897     PISSN: 00029246     EISSN: 15367150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1536-7150.2010.00751.x     Document Type: Article

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