Do Classroom Experiments Affect the Number of Economics Enrolments and Majors? A Study of Students in the United States

International Review of Economics Education

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 43-58

  Emerson, Tisha L N ^a   Taylor, Beck A ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84881969148     PISSN: 14773880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1477-3880(15)30051-7     Document Type: Article

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