Buy the Seat of Your Pants: Increasing the Stakes of a Classroom Experiment
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Ronald Baker and Kirsten Madden
Baker, R., & Madden, K. (2021). Buy the Seat of Your Pants: Increasing the Stakes of a Classroom Experiment. Journal of Economics Teaching, 6(1), 24-39. DOI: 10.58311/jeconteach/2315d73c2f99a546ae8633952b74ad53d0650463