CITATIONS OR JOURNAL QUALITY: WHICH IS REWARDED MORE IN THE ACADEMIC LABOR MARKET?

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1945-1965

  Gibson, John ^a   Anderson, David L ^b   Tressler, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 85018940874     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: 14657295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecin.12455     Document Type: Article

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