How should peer-review panels behave?

Economic Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 570, 2013, Pages

  Sgroi, Daniel ^a   Oswald, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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ACADEMIC RESEARCH; ECONOMICS; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84883433222     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12070     Document Type: Article

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