Can targeted information affect academic performance and borrowing behavior for college students? Evidence from administrative data

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 56, Issue , 2017, Pages 95-109

  Stoddard, Christiana ^a   Urban, Carly ^a   Schmeiser, Maximilian ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMAZON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; HIGHER EDUCATION; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

EID: 85006516031     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2016.12.004     Document Type: Article

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