Research efficiency: Perverse incentives

Nature

Volumn 484, Issue 7392, 2012, Pages 29-30

  Stephan, Paula ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL SYSTEM; RESEARCH WORK; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

COST; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FUNDING; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; MONEY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; REVIEW; REWARD; SCIENCE;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BUDGETS; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; FACULTY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; PHYSICS; RESEARCH; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84859478614     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/484029a     Document Type: Review

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