How departments of economics evaluate teaching

American Economic Review

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 344-349

  Becker, William E ^a   Watts, Michael ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0009402670     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.89.2.344     Document Type: Article

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