International trends in economics degrees during the 1990s

Journal of Economic Education

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 203-218

  Siegfried, John J ^a   Round, David K ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Undergraduate economics degrees

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035637426     PISSN: 00220485     EISSN: 21524068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220480109596103     Document Type: Article

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