Ranking Economics Departments in a Contested Discipline: A Bibliometric Approach to Quality Equality Between Theoretically Distinct Subdisciplines

American Journal of Economics and Sociology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1345-1375

  Lee, Frederic S ^a   Grijalva, Therese C ^b   Nowell, Clifford ^b  

^a UM Kansas City ^*  (United States)

^b WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78449313907     PISSN: 00029246     EISSN: 15367150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1536-7150.2010.00749.x     Document Type: Article

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