Assessment practices and trends in undergraduate economics courses

American Economic Review

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 552-556

  Schaur, Georg ^a   Watts, Michael ^b   Becker, William E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 44949124498     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.98.2.552     Document Type: Conference Paper

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