Core requirements for the economics major

Journal of Economic Education

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 56-62

  Petkus, Marie ^a   Perry, John J ^a   Johnson, Bruce K ^a  

^a CENTRE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics major; Undergraduate curriculum

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893150843     PISSN: 00220485     EISSN: 21524068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220485.2014.859961     Document Type: Article

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