Political Orientation and the Decision to Major in Economics: Some Preliminary Observations

International Review of Economics Education

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-31

  Bartlett, Robin L ^b   Ferber, Marianne A ^b   Green, Carole A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 84857592608     PISSN: 14773880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1477-3880(15)30081-5     Document Type: Article

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