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The effect of test anxiety on high stakes exams: evidence from an RCT using biomarkers

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The effect of test anxiety on high stakes exams: evidence from an RCT using biomarkers. / Macrí, Emanuela; Migali, Giuseppe.
Lancaster: Lancaster University, Department of Economics, 2022. (Economics Working Papers Series).

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Macrí, E & Migali, G 2022 'The effect of test anxiety on high stakes exams: evidence from an RCT using biomarkers' Economics Working Papers Series, Lancaster University, Department of Economics, Lancaster.

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Macrí, E., & Migali, G. (2022). The effect of test anxiety on high stakes exams: evidence from an RCT using biomarkers. (Economics Working Papers Series). Lancaster University, Department of Economics.

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Macrí E, Migali G. The effect of test anxiety on high stakes exams: evidence from an RCT using biomarkers. Lancaster: Lancaster University, Department of Economics. 2022 Nov 11. (Economics Working Papers Series).

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Macrí, Emanuela ; Migali, Giuseppe. / The effect of test anxiety on high stakes exams : evidence from an RCT using biomarkers. Lancaster : Lancaster University, Department of Economics, 2022. (Economics Working Papers Series).

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