Three 'Rs' of Econometrics: Repetition, Reproduction and Replication

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1607-1614

  Camfield, Laura ^a   Palmer Jones, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS; ECONOMETRICS; POLICY MAKING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84890130426     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2013.807504     Document Type: Article

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