Cooperation in the classroom: Experimenting with R&D cooperatives

Journal of Economic Education

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 357-373

  Goeree, Michelle S ^a   Hinloopen, Jeroen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Classroom games; Research and development; Research joint ventures; Technological spillovers

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649522457     PISSN: 00220485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JECE.39.4.357-373     Document Type: Article

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