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students in school choice problems. To this end, we introduce two different manipulation concepts, where one of them is …
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The “surprise value” of many economic observations makes our discipline quite interesting for many students. One such … courses do not introduce this analytical technique. As a consequence, a result that many students find quite interesting is … curves; moreover, the exercise of doing so provides students with greater understanding of benefit/cost analysis as well as …
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Concerns over grade inflation and the profusion of high grades have led institutions of higher education in the United States to adopt various grading reforms. An element common to several prominent reforms is providing information on the distribution of grades in different courses. The main...
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Studies have shown that female students are more likely to skip questions than male students on exams that penalize … incorrect answers. They have mostly focused on either gender differences in test scores (i.e., female students’ lower test … contribute to this body of literature by formalizing based on an expected utility theory that those who are more risk averse or …
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Interdistrict school choice programs-where a student can be assigned to a school outside of her district-are widespread in the US, yet the market-design literature has not considered such programs. We introduce a model of interdistrict school choice and present two mechanisms that produce stable...
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