Elites and Secret Handshakes Versus Metrics and Rule-Based Acclamation: A Comment on “Measuring the Unmeasurable”

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Elites and Secret Handshakes Versus Metrics and Rule-Based Acclamation: A Comment on “Measuring the Unmeasurable”

© 2016, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. In this issue of Econometric Reviews, Peter Phillips proposes a quantitative (objective) rule that might be used as part of the exercise of measuring merit. In this short comment, I will try and place the need for such a rule (lack of trust and pluralism), po...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Oxley, Leslie
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	2016
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33020

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