How economists use literature and drama

Journal of Economic Education

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 377-386

  Wattsee, Michael ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

A12; Drama; Economics; Literature JEL codes: A1

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036025523     PISSN: 00220485     EISSN: 21524068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220480209595335     Document Type: Article

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