Verbal Abilities, Gender, and the Introductory Economics Course: A New Look at an Old Assumption

Journal of Economic Education

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-30

  Greene, Benjamin ^a  

^a Satisbury State University   (United States)

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EID: 0031522146     PISSN: 00220485     EISSN: 21524068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220489709595902     Document Type: Article

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