Does online availability increase citations? Theory and evidence from a panel of economics and business journals

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 144-165

  McCabe, Mark J ^a,b,c   Snyder, Christopher M ^d,e  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c SKEMA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^d DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 84924256287     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00437     Document Type: Article

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