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This paper analyzes to what degree 25 undergraduate microeconomics textbooks incorporate contributions from behavioral …
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We conduct a randomized field experiment to study the effects of two financial education interventions offered to small …
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of undergraduate economics courses completed. We find that undergraduate coursework in economics is strongly associated …
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In this paper, we apply economic behavior analysis to the issue of grades and student ratings of teaching, and develop econometric models (both OLS and 2SLS methods) to test the hypothesis that students rate their professors primarily based upon their midterm grades. Our findings reveal that...
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In this paper, economic behavior analysis is applied to the issue of attendance and grades. We test the hypothesis that … a student's attendance is mainly based upon the student's taste/preference for a teacher's teaching style. Consequently … that students' attendance positively and significantly affects students' overall grades. Our findings reveal that …
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Student evaluations of teaching represent an economic behavior between professors and students and have been viewed as a game. In this paper, I apply a static game to address their behaviors and determine a Nash Equilibrium. Moreover, a simultaneous framework is developed to investigate the...
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of undergraduate economics courses completed. We find that undergraduate coursework in economics is strongly associated …
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People self-assess their relative ability when making career choices. Thus, confidence in own abilities is likely an important factor for selection into various career paths. In a sample of 711 first-year students we examine whether there are systematic differences in confidence levels across...
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