Tinkering Toward Accolades: School Gaming under a Performance Accountability System

Advances in Applied Microeconomics

Volumn 14, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-34

  Cullen, Julie Berry ^a   Reback, Randall ^a  

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EID: 33745641353     PISSN: 02780984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-0984(06)14001-8     Document Type: Review

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