Paradigm depletion, knowledge production and research effort: Considering thomas kuhn's ideas

Metroeconomica

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 587-604

  Faria, João Ricardo ^a   Besancenot, Damien ^b   Novak, Andreas J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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EID: 80054759064     PISSN: 00261386     EISSN: 1467999X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-999X.2011.04128.x     Document Type: Article

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