Can centralized educational standards raise welfare?

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 271-293

  Costrell, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Centralization; Decentralization; Educational standards; Egalitarianism; Spillovers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031231873     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(97)00017-0     Document Type: Article

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