CHANGING ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT AND TEACHING OF ECONOMICS AT THE UNIVERSITY LEVEL: SOME CRITICAL ISSUES ANALYSED WITH THE HELP OF MICROECONOMICS

Economic Papers

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-17

  Alauddin, Mohammad ^a   Tisdell, Clem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 0009353430     PISSN: 08120439     EISSN: 17593441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-3441.2000.tb00947.x     Document Type: Article

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