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How do Transfer Students Perform in Economics? Evidence from Intermediate Macroeconomics

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  • Carlos J. Asarta
  • Scott M. Fuess
  • Andrew Perumal

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For students taking intermediate-level economics, does it matter where they studied principles of economics? Does transferring college credit influence subsequent academic performance in economics? With a sample covering 1999--2008, the authors analyze in this article a group of nearly 1,000 students taking intermediate macroeconomics at a prominent state university. Despite seemingly impressive-looking grades from the principles of macroeconomics course, community college transfer students significantly underperformed their peers in the intermediate macroeconomics course, unlike transfer students from four-year institutions. Moreover, students who transferred other course work from community college (that is, other than the principles course) were relatively less likely to succeed in intermediate macroeconomics.

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  • Carlos J. Asarta & Scott M. Fuess & Andrew Perumal, 2013. "How do Transfer Students Perform in Economics? Evidence from Intermediate Macroeconomics," The Journal of Economic Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 44(2), pages 110-128, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jeduce:v:44:y:2013:i:2:p:110-128
    DOI: 10.1080/00220485.2013.770336
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    1. Carlos J. Asarta & Roger B. Butters, 2012. "The Discouraged-Business-Major Hypothesis Revisited: Could Economics be the Encouraged-Business-Major?," The Journal of Economic Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 43(1), pages 19-32, January.

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