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How Might Adam Smith Pay Professors Today?

Tim Perri

Working Papers from Department of Economics, Appalachian State University

Abstract: Adam Smith’s proposal for paying professors was intended to induce increased faculty knowledge. If students have imperfect information about what they learn, and universities can only imperfectly measure the input of faculty time in student learning, publicati:

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