Economics as detective fiction

Journal of Economic Education

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 367-376

  Breit, William ^a   Elzinga, Kenneth G ^b  

^a TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic puzzle solving; Mystery literature; Novels as textbooks JEL code: A12

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036025525     PISSN: 00220485     EISSN: 21524068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220480209595334     Document Type: Article

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