Managerial practices and student performance

Economic Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 84, 2015, Pages 683-728

  Di Liberto, Adriana ^a,b   Schivardi, Fabiano ^c,d   Sulis, Giovanni ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b CRENoS   (Italy)

^c BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d CEPR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; CENTRALIZATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; STUDENT; TRAINING;

CANADA; GERMANY; ITALY; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84973453860     PISSN: 02664658     EISSN: 14680327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/epolic/eiv015     Document Type: Article

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