The Matthew effect for cohorts of economists

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 522-527

  Tol, Richard S J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Matthew effect

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC CAREERS; GIBRAT'S LAWS; MATTHEW EFFECTS; SYSTEMATIC DEVIATION;

EID: 84875046278     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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