Understanding the supply decisions of nonprofits: Modelling the location of private schools

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 365-390

  Downes, Thomas A ^b   Greenstein, Shane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030537555     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2555932     Document Type: Article

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