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...

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, this hypothesis is accepted. We also develop...