Knowledge Spillovers from research universities: Evidence from endowment value shocks

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 171-188

  Kantor, Shawn ^a,c   Whalley, Alexander ^b,c  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 84896322045     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00357     Document Type: Article

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