Which peers matter? The relative impacts of collaborators, colleagues, and competitors

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1104-1117

  Borjas, George J ^a   Doran, Kirk B ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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EID: 84936137527     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00472     Document Type: Article

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