Grades as information

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 201-214

  Grant, Darren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational economics; Human capital; Information

Indexed keywords

HUMAN CAPITAL; MICROECONOMICS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STUDENT;

EID: 33947114880     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2005.10.004     Document Type: Article

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