Student performance in undergraduate economics courses

Journal of Economic Education

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 275-282

  Mumford, Kevin J ^a   Ohland, Matthew W ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

economics major; undergraduate economics courses

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960672913     PISSN: 00220485     EISSN: 21524068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220485.2011.581949     Document Type: Article

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