School, department, and instructor determinants of teaching methods in undergraduate economics courses

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1169-1188

  Harter, Cynthia ^a   Schaur, Georg ^b   Watts, Michael ^c  

^a EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84931026500     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4284/0038-4038-2013.266     Document Type: Article

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