Does co-authorship lead to higher academic productivity?

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 385-407

  Ductor, Lorenzo ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

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EID: 84928351430     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: 14680084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/obes.12070     Document Type: Article

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