Differences in student evaluations of principles and other economics courses and the allocation of faculty across courses

Journal of Economic Education

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 335-352

  Ragan, James ^a   Walia, Bhavneet ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NICHOLLS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

class size; fixed effects; student evaluations; undergraduate economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957351167     PISSN: 00220485     EISSN: 21524068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220485.2010.510389     Document Type: Conference Paper

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