Does competition among public schools benefit students and taxpayers?

American Economic Review

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1209-1238

  Hoxby, Caroline M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001257650     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.90.5.1209     Document Type: Article

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