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Theory vs. practice: Teaching undergraduate econometrics

Alice Louise KassensDepartment of Business Administration and Economics, Roanoke College, Salem, VA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 367-370 | Published online: 17 Sep 2019

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