Withering academia?
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- Bruno S. Frey, 2010. "Withering Academia," CREMA Working Paper Series 2010-19, Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA).
- Bruno S. Frey, 2010. "Withering Academia?," CESifo Working Paper Series 3209, CESifo.
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Keywords
Academia; universities; research; rankings; publications; fraud;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- A1 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics
- I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
- L30 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise - - - General
- Z0 - Other Special Topics - - General
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EDU-2010-10-16 (Education)
- NEP-IPR-2010-10-16 (Intellectual Property Rights)
- NEP-LAB-2010-10-16 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-SOG-2010-10-16 (Sociology of Economics)
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