Quantifying the life cycle of scholarly articles across fields of economic research

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 1339-1355

  Anauati, Victoria ^a   Galiani, Sebastian ^b   Gálvez, Ramiro H ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

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EID: 84958869566     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: 14657295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecin.12292     Document Type: Article

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