Is the 'Globalization' of science always good for scientific productivity and economic growth?

Metroeconomica

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 607-644

  Carillo, Maria Rosaria ^a   Papagni, Erasmo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

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EID: 84890885697     PISSN: 00261386     EISSN: 1467999X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/meca.12023     Document Type: Article

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