Assessing the economic knowledge and economic opinions of adults

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 921-935

  Walstad, William B ^a   Rebeck, Ken ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Economic knowledge; Economic opinions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036452564     PISSN: 10629769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1062-9769(01)00120-X     Document Type: Article

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