Does lecture attendance matter? Some observations from a first-year economics course at the University of Cape Town

South African Journal of Economics

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 861-883

  van Walbeek, Corné ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

AFRICA; CAPE TOWN; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE; WORLD;

EID: 13944263621     PISSN: 00382280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1813-6982.2004.tb00137.x     Document Type: Article

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