Scientific misbehavior in economics

Research Policy

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1747-1759

  Necker, Sarah ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Walter Eucken Institut   (Germany)

Author keywords

"publish or perish"; Academic labor market; Economics of crime; Scientific misbehavior; Social norms

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; PUBLISHING; SURVEYS;

ECONOMICS OF CRIME; LABOR MARKETS; PUBLISH OR PERISH; SCIENTIFIC MISBEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NORM;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84927689729     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2014.05.002     Document Type: Article

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