Do classroom experiments increase learning in introductory microeconomics?

Journal of Economic Education

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 267-288

  Dickie, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Experiments; Incentives

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748325707     PISSN: 00220485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JECE.37.3.267-288     Document Type: Article

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