Competitive Research Grants and Their Impact on Career Performance

Minerva

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 77-96

  Bloch, Carter ^a   Graversen, Ebbe Krogh ^a   Pedersen, Heidi Skovgaard ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Academic career paths; Impact; Propensity score matching; Research grants; Treatment effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897046790     PISSN: 00264695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11024-014-9247-0     Document Type: Article

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