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The extremely overconfident and extremely dissatisfied: a case study of an introductory macroeconomics college course

Marlon WilliamsUniversity of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 381-394 | Received 13 Aug 2021, Accepted 17 May 2023, Published online: 01 Jun 2023

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