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Exam credits and exam performance in university economics courses − evidence from a regression discontinuity experiment

Bhagyashree KatareDepartment of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Qihui ChenDepartment of Economics and Trade, College of Economics and Management, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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Michael WetzsteinDepartment of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
Pages 685-689 | Published online: 22 Jul 2019

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