Why competition may discourage students from learning? A behavioral economic analysis

Education Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 117-128

  Wang, X Henry ^a   Yang, Bill Z ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ability; Competition; Effort; Incentive; Motivation; Perception

Indexed keywords

STUDENT;

EID: 0142059682     PISSN: 09645292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09645290210131656     Document Type: Article

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