I thought I got an A! Overconfidence across the economics curriculum

Journal of Economic Education

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 131-142

  Nowell, Clifford ^a   Alston, Richard M ^a  

^a WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grading; Motivation; Overconfidence; Performance; Teacher evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547336604     PISSN: 00220485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JECE.38.2.131-142     Document Type: Article

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