A for effort: Incomplete information and college students’ academic performance
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2022.102238
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Keywords
Incomplete information; Overconfidence; Grade expectations; Academic performance;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- A2 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics
- D8 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty
- D9 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics
- I2 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education
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