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Which Factors Determine Academic Performance of Undergraduate Students in Economics?: Some Spanish Evidence [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This paper analyses the determinants of academic performance of first-year undergraduate students in Economics at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, over the period 2001-2005.
Dolado, Juan José, Morales, Eduardo
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Promise‐Keeping Reputations in an Investment Game: An Experimental Investigation

open access: yesInternational Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We design a controlled laboratory experiment to mitigate moral hazard problems in livestream shopping when sellers make promises to buyers. In our experiment, the promise‐keeping reputation mechanism allows sellers to send promises to buyers while buyers can observe the sellers' historical promise‐keeping records. Results demonstrate that bare
Ninghua Du, Qun Zhao
wiley   +1 more source

The role of risk preferences and risk perceptions in risky food behaviors: Evidence from the United States

open access: yesJournal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, EarlyView.
Abstract We study how risk preferences and risk perceptions relate to three risky food behaviors—eating unwashed greens, rare meat, and raw dough—among US adults. Using two self‐assessed measures of risk preference and an experimental measure, we find that increased risk aversion negatively correlates with risky food behaviors.
Ahmad Z. Wahdat   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using Excel to Individualise Basic Mathematics Assignments [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper sets out a method for creating and marking individualised mathematics assessments for students based on their ID numbers. It therefore provides a means for setting assessed coursework questions that give students the incentive to put in the ...
Mike Rosser
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