The implicit taxes from college financial aid

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 295-322

  Dick, Andrew W ^a   Edlin, Aaron S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

College financial aid; Implicit taxes; Savings incentives

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031232120     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(97)00018-2     Document Type: Article

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