Retaking in High Stakes Exams: Is Less More?
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- Kala Krishna & Sergey Lychagin & Veronica Frisancho, 2018. "Retaking In High Stakes Exams: Is Less More?," International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association, vol. 59(2), pages 449-477, May.
- Krishna, Kala & Lychagin, Sergey & Frisancho, Verónica, 2016. "Retaking in High Stakes Exams: Is Less More?," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 8311, Inter-American Development Bank.
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