Partisan grading

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 30-48

  Bar, Talia ^a   Zussman, Asaf ^b  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 84859597596     PISSN: 19457782     EISSN: 19457790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/app.4.1.30     Document Type: Article

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